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Monday, July 09, 2007

The Best Illusion In The World

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robert said...: This post has been removed by the author.; 12:54 PM
lundorama said...: ya know... it's interesting.
For the most part, I'm with you on all this stuff. God may as well be a jug of milk/tooth fairy, etc.... That's the intelligent and logical part of me.

But there is some other part of me that recently found myself saying to my cousins at my grandma's funeral: "she's in a better place now".
(that better place being heaven, of course)

Thinking back... I kinda just said it without thinking about it. It just seemed to flow at that moment.

And it ain't like I actually believe in heaven.
(Ya know... for reals, like.)

But there I was... helping to ease my family's misery with talk of angels and heaven and such.
It just got me thinking... I suppose if people use these thoughts and their imagination in that format...(did i just call a funeral a format?)... I guess I don't see the harm. It's almost like me day dreaming that i hit the lottery to help ease me through a stressful day at work.

But then of course you have the extreme side of this sort of thinking that has.... well. You know.

meh. whatever. I'm just letting some thoughts flow through the keyboard here.

I think I'll go home now and poor baby oil over my naked body and grind up and down on my new iPhone.

Now THAT'S what I call heaven.; 6:14 PM
MBO said...: Lundhog.

Well..you were being polite by using language that would help ease their pain. I've done it many times. I say compassion is a fine thing.

And I'm all for people believing in what they like to help them through the day. I may find it intellectually lazy and childlike etc, but if it makes them happy etc, then well..do as you please.

I feel the same way about a kid playing Buzz Lightyear in a back yard actually. The only difference is I know that one day, the kid will "grow up' and put away childish things. I think that believing in God is obscenely childish.

But here's the real rub.

I do have a problem when religious folk use the words "truth" or "real" to describe their beliefs. (I'm not sure that most theists would be using concepts like heaven if they didn't believe it was "real")

I have a problem when they sell their brand. Tooth Fairy vs Santa

I have a problem when they claim they are "moral" because of these beliefs.

I have a HUGE problem with children being indoctrinated with Religion

Sadly I've just described 98 percent of the religious people in the world. Your relatives may or may not be included.

The truth is most religious people tend to muddle Truth and Faith, and they have nothing to do with each other.

You got a iPhone??
I'd kneel to Jesus and rub his pale ass for an iPhone.

Hail Christ and Mohammad and whoever else will get me an i-FUCKING phone.; 3:11 PM
lundorama said...: ya, i hear ya. it is interesting... I've been thinking more about it lately.

What also chaps my ass is these fucking people who always say - they've made a mends with god for their sins... so all is well.

Like that twisted meth-addict preacher in colorado springs.

Or this recent asswipe who got busted with his phone number on the DC-Hooker-1000 list...

Quote from him here: "Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there _ with God and them."

*sigh*
Fucking lunatics scare me.

p.s. I'm no apple fan-boy, but this thing does live up to the hype, IMO. As as an interface guy like yourself, i'm sure you can appreciate the interface in this thing. It's all just so damn simple and perfect. (and shiny)

p.p.s - what is it with all these people deleting their own comments after they post them? Poofters.; 5:05 PM
Anonymous said...: Catholic..... more like ass-o-lic; 9:14 PM

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