Ick. I love ya, brother, but that's gross (and clever). Speaking of the after life, heavenly existence, or even reincarnation, they all seem to be the obvious, wishful projections of an embodied being aware of its mortality -- its eventual non-being. Religion has a limited palette from which to work which consists mostly of exploiting our deepest fears in order to direct our behavior in some way. I'm not convinced many actually spend much time contemplating the implications of a reality in which "heavenly places" maintained somewhere ... and/or that heavenly bodies walk around there for eternity.
Christianity would gain a lot of followers if it dropped its conservatism about sex. I love the platonic love, Love thy neighbor, Love your enemy, etc. It's the sex issue that drives away most people.
Thanks for the honest thoughts. I have peace in my life that I had never thought possible...and it's free. There's no way, Jose, that I'd ever want to go back to the old me. No way. The thing is, I don't really have to get all worked up, spend a lot of time debating my belief system "position". It is what it is. I love it, it suits me like know other, and that settles it. Cheers
Hey ABM, you might enjoy this: [video=youtube;oZUEESSOaAI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZUEESSOaAI[/video]
Another interesting thing to note, the New Testament was originally written in Greek and in Ephesians 6:13 the Apostle Paul says there will come an "evil day" in the last times. The Greek word for "evil" is poneros which literally means "bad, evil, grievous, harmful and lewd." We also see a form of this in the word pornography. In the Book of Revelation speaks of a "whore" (Revelation 17:1, 15-16), which is from the Greek word Porne (por'-nay), meaning a "prostitute". The evil day Paul warns about includes lawlessness, sexual immorality, and perversion.
Great point. Some other things that sound vaguely similar to poneros in Greek are privileges (pronos), princes (prenes), spending (pernos), and the 70's electronic music artist Pranos. We also see a form of poneros in the word "ponder," so clearly we are all damned for even thinking about all this.
And notice how they are all similar in English too, we get a lot of our words from Greek roots. And that wasn't even my main point, just a tidbit of information for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.
Then, there were those poor Spurs fans who, with about a minute to go in Game 6 of The Finals, encountered an acute case of premature jock elation.
