Does Jesus hate yoga?

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by Krusha

actually the more you age whiskey the less potent, it's never tasteless, unaged whiskeys are blended to create a balance between aged flavour and potency ... but i guess you already knew that

Yup. Aged whiskey generally tastes better, but doesn't have the same kick a warm bottle of JD straight from the BCL offers.

[tiedye]

And for the record, Veni is solid. She's a very tuned in gal.

[kir mokum]

ok. maybe she'll have something good for me then.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by tiedye

And for the record, Veni is solid. She's a very tuned in gal.

plus she's fly as hell, sup shortay?


anyway i wonder if I should start my own religion, what do you think guys?

[tiedye]

Shomptolicism. So long as I can use Pilsner as sacrament, I'm down.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by tiedye

Shomptolicism. So long as I can use Pilsner as sacrament, I'm down.

nothin like that.

watch a few seasons of the wire, with emphasis on omar, minus the butt piratsim he's our jesus, indeed.

[cubed]

^Omar is a great character, with a really fucked up reasoning of right and wrong.

He's perfect for you Sean.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by kir mokum

care to elaborate?

tbh honest dude, you're about the most militant atheist this board's got right now.

dunno if you intend to but you give this demeanor about your posts in this thread that anybody who follows a religion is a flipping moron, and it's that attitude from the Dawkins fans I've seen that bugs me.

edit: I realize I'm the second person who's accused you of being a Dawkins fanboy this thread and I don't mean to do that. It's just you have that same hard militant "RELIGIONS ARE FOR THOSE LESS ENLIGHTENED THAN I" attitude that I've seen in such people.

[kir mokum]

i have strong opinions and i like to express them emphatically. in complex subjects like this i think people misunderstand me because they hear things that remind them of something or someone else and assume i'm making the same argument. like the dawkins comparison (i've never read dawkins and i don't plan to. i don't think he has any insights that would intrigue me). most of my opinions have been formed over a long period of time. this is a subject i've thought about and have discussed at great length for many many years with a very wide range of people. so you're not going to get very far thinking i just read the god delusion and am just now arguing dawkin's point but thinking they're my own.

people who believe in contemporary religions and especially the abrahamic religions blow my mind. the nonsense contained within them seems so self evident to me. but i'll say this again (hopefully more explicitly): i think people can believe whatever they want but beliefs can/should/need to be challenged/explored. my end goal isn't necessarily to change minds but to directly challenge the ideas. and in return i want my ideas challenged. isn't that the point of philosophical discussions? to hone your ideas? you can't do that when everyone pussyfoots around religious belief, imo. besides, if what is believed is true then there's nothing to worry about.

i can understand why you and others view me as a dick but i would suggest arguing my points and not my attitude. i'm more interested in that. i'm in this discussion because i want to be. i want to see some arguments i haven't seen before and i want my ideas challenged as much as i want to challenge other's. i'm not nearly as dogmatic as i seem.

now that we've had a chance to meet each other and hug, can we go back to busting some balls?

[Courtney]

I'm not religious but I do believe in love
I debated a guy who said love was foolish
sometimes you just have to believe in things because to live a life without any belief other than life is shit would be pretty depressing
I mean, i've noticed that a lot of religious people are generally happy and I think its because they feel they have more of a purpose
i duno....see both sides for sure....preaching is the only thing I disagree with

[kir mokum]

who lives a life believing life is shit? i don't see how that relates either.

more importantly, believing something doesn't make it true or valid.

[jenai]

Jesus doesn't hate yoga, but some of his followers are being severely deluded by Satan using "sin" to distract them from the truth that yoga is God-inspired, tho not mentioned by Jesus, who did meditate a lot.

He had to have meditated, cos he sweated blood on the mount the day before he was crucified.

[Revolver]

holy jesus what a thread.

dharmics=god and divinity within, god and divinty all around

abrahamics= god and divinity seperate and apart from man, externalized and institutionalized

chad, no wonder your abrahamic friend would be threatened by a dharmic philosophy.

bah,

I can go on and on and on about this but really....whats the use?

/last post

[prozac]

Originally Posted by Revolver

dharmics=god and divinity within, god and divinty all around

abrahamics= god and divinity seperate and apart from man, externalized and institutionalized

chad, no wonder your abrahamic friend would be threatened by a dharmic philosophy.

Seriously, end thread.

[kir mokum]

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[C_squared]

hey some girls in yoga pants. total sin.

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by kir mokum

(i've never read dawkins and i don't plan to. i don't think he has any insights that would intrigue me).

It's interesting that you say this because the rest of your post is something that he would be nodding his head whilst reading. Then again, maybe that's why you don't figure he'd be intriguing for you to read... old news.

I'm into The God Delusion... if you can get past the smugness there's a lot of food for thought.

I think I'll go read it right now actually.

[ppcock]

Originally Posted by C_squared

hey some girls in yoga pants. total sin.

Totally, i always thought that was the hottest shit ever till one of my friends banged this girl who always wore yoga pants.
removed pants and her ass fell to the floor.

[kir mokum]

Originally Posted by Grapes

It's interesting that you say this because the rest of your post is something that he would be nodding his head whilst reading. Then again, maybe that's why you don't figure he'd be intriguing for you to read... old news.

I'm into The God Delusion... if you can get past the smugness there's a lot of food for thought.

I think I'll go read it right now actually.

i think because dawkins is the one with the most spotlight right now people equate a lot to him. his ideas are not new. at all. he's not a philosopher. he's no where near the bleeding edge of non-believer/agnostic discussion (and neither am i). i've watched a lot of interviews/discussions/debates with him and i've yet to hear anything new or any interesting arguments or insights. i like him, but not because of his views. i like him 'cause he's such a bulldog. as with hitchens. i regularly disagree with hitchens but i love his style (who has the audacity to write an article in vogue on how women aren't funny?). the person to look to for real substantial ideas and arguments imo is daniel dennett. he's much nicer that dawkins or hitchens.

the reason i might sound like dawkins is the arguments so far have been reletively elementary. i would guess i would sound like hitchens if you were reading him or like an aggressive dennett if you were reading him.

[kir mokum]

i'm still hoping veni will drop some intellectual bombs on me.

[Courtney]

Originally Posted by kir mokum

who lives a life believing life is shit? i don't see how that relates either.

more importantly, believing something doesn't make it true or valid.

a lot of people do
why else would there be so many addicts and homeless people
not because they think life is awesome

[Courtney]

and they are related because I think durkheims "anomie" applies to this because people in our society don't have a sense of purpose or belonging. Being apart of a religious group gives them a feeling of belonging which can lead to a more hopeful and prosperous life
Again, I'm not religious but I do see why religion is beneficial to some people

[kir mokum]

Originally Posted by Courtney

a lot of people do
why else would there be so many addicts and homeless people
not because they think life is awesome

i think that's an obscene oversimplification and i don't think it's accurate at all.

Originally Posted by Courtney

and they are related because I think durkheims "anomie" applies to this because people in our society don't have a sense of purpose or belonging. Being apart of a religious group gives them a feeling of belonging which can lead to a more hopeful and prosperous life
Again, I'm not religious but I do see why religion is beneficial to some people

anything can be beneficial to some people. genocide is beneficial to some people. people's lack of a sense of belonging isn't a failure of secularism. and i find it disgusting how churches will prey on these people. like i've said before, that sense of belonging isn't exclusive to religious belief. there is in fact no intrinsic association other than it's a social grouping.

[G3N3R4L]

Originally Posted by ppcock

Totally, i always thought that was the hottest shit ever till one of my friends banged this girl who always wore yoga pants.
removed pants and her ass fell to the floor.

for every 1 girl wearing the pants that shouldn't, there are many many more that i'm sure glad did.

for me.. lululemon's are still win.

[Dreadnex.Inc]

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