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Randy
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USA
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 Posted - 01/11/2003 : 19:54:26 [Permalink]
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/01/10/offbeat.canada.religion.reut/index.html
Why that little tramp!
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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Infamous
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 01/14/2003 : 11:43:17 [Permalink]
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| Funny that in all the Jesus images, he looks like a European white man...instead of a darker skinned Israeli-type person like he's supposed to be. |
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Fireballn
Skeptic Friend
Canada
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Posted - 01/14/2003 : 22:02:16 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Infamous
Funny that in all the Jesus images, he looks like a European white man...instead of a darker skinned Israeli-type person like he's supposed to be.
This shows how subjective these images are. You will see in these images, what you want(or predestined ) to see. I think it is much like the Rorschach ink blot test. Different individuals pasts, belief systems, cultures, socio-economic environments, experiences, ect. will all affect how the individual perceives the image. If a person is Hindu, the person might see siva or vishnu. A Christian might see the virgin mary. If worshipping a major deity of the Rigvedic pantheon, then Indra might wind up in one of your potatoes.
(Hell, George dubya could end up there one of these fine days.)This is a psychological and cultural phenomena....not a physical one.
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If i were the supreme being, I wouldn't have messed around with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers 8 o'clock day one!
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NottyImp
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/15/2003 : 02:51:03 [Permalink]
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| Like the "Man in the Moon", for example, perhaps the original example of this phenomenon. |
"My body is a temple - I desecrate it daily." |
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