Shir, perhaps you are just past the stage where faith was easy because it was unchallenged, and you're about to get to the stage where faith is deep and sure because it's been tested.
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Connie Neil - Sep 17, 2010 2:08:39 pm PDT #3068 of 30000
brillig
Shir - Sep 17, 2010 2:51:16 pm PDT #3069 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Whatever it is, it's way past the time to go to bed. Thanks, Connie.
Typo Boy - Sep 17, 2010 3:09:57 pm PDT #3070 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Or maybe you are at the point where you can live knowing that this life and this universe is all there is, and that if the universe does not care about you people still do. I've been an atheist since I was five.I don't insist that everybody needs to share my view or try to convert anyone. But, honestly, not believing in the supernatural, not believing in justice beyond that made by immense human effort at huge costs, not believing that consciousness lasts past the life of this body is not a horrible fate. I mean if you hate not believing these things you probably will find a way to believe in them. But not the only path to joy and being a good person. Atheists are on the whole no less virtuous than the religious and not short on fun either.
Hil R. - Sep 17, 2010 3:18:38 pm PDT #3071 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oof. I feel ugh. I'm pretty sure it's just a cold, but I feel like crap. This always happens at the beginning of the school year -- all the students bringing in the germs from everywhere, so everybody catches something from somebody.
Connie Neil - Sep 17, 2010 3:46:21 pm PDT #3072 of 30000
brillig
My faith isn't in a deity and attendant supernatural entourage but more in a sense that the cosmos has an awareness of some sort, though I have no means of defining it. When I die, I'll need to present myself to the cosmos and all eternity, and so far I don't feel like I'm going to be ashamed of what I have to show for what I did with my existence.
It's sort of like the Total Perspective Vortex in Hitchhikers. I'm OK with being a tiny little spot in the immensity of eternity because even a tiny little speck is part of the greater whole. And at the same time I am the center of the universe, because if the universe is infinite then it does extend outward from my perceptions. Everyone is the center of the universe as they see it.
(The above brought to you by Meanderings on Friday)
omnis_audis - Sep 17, 2010 3:50:30 pm PDT #3073 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
all the students bringing in the germs from everywhere, so everybody catches something from somebody.Oh great. Something to look forward to next week. This wasn't in the brochure.
ION- wife of crazy uncle responded to my note about the USDA and FDA getting budgets cut by the previous administration, and that taxes are needed to pay for it, and the current party she supports is against it, said:
I fully support the teaparty! AND safe food! So why isn't Obama using "stimulus" money to fund safe food for Americans ????
My eyes are hurting from @@ really hard, and for prolonged time.
As for the elevator. They have 'solved' the problem by putting up signs with rather bad grammar (which, coming from me, means it's REALLY bad) letting us know it's broken until Monday.
billytea - Sep 17, 2010 4:42:17 pm PDT #3074 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I just spoke with my mom's longtime attorney who, after he laughed hysterically, said, "I don't give a FUCK who she says she is, I'm gonna wipe the floor with her ass."
After you've won the case, maybe you should ask your lawyer to send her a cease & desist letter.
Hil R. - Sep 17, 2010 4:51:43 pm PDT #3075 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
What does it mean if someone ends an email with "Dominoes and biscuits!"?
billytea - Sep 17, 2010 4:54:40 pm PDT #3076 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
What does it mean if someone ends an email with "Dominoes and biscuits!"?
If it were my brother, it would mean that the party's at his place and everyone's invited!
sj - Sep 17, 2010 5:15:37 pm PDT #3077 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
We have a list of JPs that can perform our wedding ceremony with e-mail addresses. I have googled all of them to get a sense of what they are like, but I have no idea what to say in an e-mail other than to ask if they are available on our chosen date.