You own wisdom thread --- say something quotable about whatever you want.

[wabbit111]

"You can safely assume you've created God in you're own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do"

Anne Lamott 

[Maria-Juana]

Anyone who insults another, can bring down the whole tone of the place and then, for want of a better term, 'the gentler souls', leave and don't come back and then it becomes a fight between the arseholes and the remaining thicker skinned members which can end up in a downward spiral leading to the demise of the forum.

—Chris

[Emma286]

"The more hurt and defensive someone gets against verbal attacks the more likely that to some degree this has validated one or more negative beliefs they hold about themselves."

Really a variation of a quote someone else already shared with me. I'd normally list it here but I do not know who the author is!

[kevin]

And there's a difference between murder committed by everyday thugs and gang members on the streets and murder committed by a governmen, like Israel.

[kevin]

Discussion of "objective" truth/morals/etc is daydreaming unless an accessible source of objectivity is identified.

[Kiahanie]

in my opinion, if you cannot see two sides in this [Gaza] conflict, you have failed in what it means to be a human being.

!

[kevin]

I have no horse in this race, but Christian morals have been as fluid as society's morals.
What used to be labeled as 'sin' within Christianity is called a 'unique personal journey of faith' now.

[kevin]

With satan, you just have to think it. While god needs you to speak/show it through prayer - otherwise, why bother?

And then Satan's reply is typically direct and instant while God's could likely be cryptic, indirect, clouds and tea leaves, mysterious ways.

So, satan understands and can communicate with all people while God's method seemingly only works for a certain type of person or small group of people.

It makes you wonder really.

[Maria-Juana]

With satan, you just have to think it. While god needs you to speak/show it through prayer - otherwise, why bother?

And then Satan's reply is typically direct and instant while God's could likely be cryptic, indirect, clouds and tea leaves, mysterious ways.

So, satan understands and can communicate with all people while God's method seemingly only works for a certain type of person or small group of people.

It makes you wonder really.

With satan, you just have to think it.

This explains everything!!

Not today satan.
Not today.

[Kiahanie]

Human spiritual gymnastics never disappoint.

[Maria-Juana]

...Sometimes i just want to play the piano, because i can translate my emotions in a way that language cannot.

I think language is a mere translation of a deeper language we cannot fully express in ordinary words...

[Kiahanie]

Well one thing is for sure... this is all your opinion and you are welcome to it. 

[kevin]

Why can't some people be simply good for the love of good ?

[kevin]

Reading other people's stories about other peoples stories about other peoples stories about what they supposedly saw a couple thousand years ago - yet have never ever happened again - is a tough thing to simply accept.

[kevin]

Furthermore ALL gospels are written in a time when Christian theology already developed.
They did not shy away from 'reversed engineering'. Meaning that new theology from the latter parts of the first century are leading in the gospels (foremost John) . 

[Maria-Juana]

MAY GOD BLESS YOU LIKE THE BLAZING SUN ON A HOT DAY IN THE DESERT, EMBRACE YOU LIKE A SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE WOULD VIOLENTLY SWALLOW A SMALL MOON AND SHOWER YOU WITH HIS ENDLESS LOVE LIKE A TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF A TSUNAMI

—Amen.

[Dexter]

MAY GOD BLESS YOU LIKE THE BLAZING SUN ON A HOT DAY IN THE DESERT, EMBRACE YOU LIKE A SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE WOULD VIOLENTLY SWALLOW A SMALL MOON AND SHOWER YOU WITH HIS ENDLESS LOVE LIKE A TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF A TSUNAMI

—Amen.

Cthulu - No lives matter

[Maria-Juana]

MAY GOD BLESS YOU LIKE THE BLAZING SUN ON A HOT DAY IN THE DESERT, EMBRACE YOU LIKE A SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE WOULD VIOLENTLY SWALLOW A SMALL MOON AND SHOWER YOU WITH HIS ENDLESS LOVE LIKE A TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF A TSUNAMI

—Amen.

Cthulu - No lives matter

"Cthulhu for President: Why settle for the lesser evil?"

"Legalize human sacrifice"

[kevin]

. . . oh the horror, and someody said to me Jesus was gonna be angry when he came back..
I almost said you should have seen him when he left...

[Emma286]

"Giving genuinely wanted and needed help to somebody as realistic is one thing. But to avoid toxic codependent habits that help nobody do your best not to offer help to anyone who does not truly want it and/or which you are not in any realistic position to offer/give. Pointing them in the right direction of better help available elsewhere (in case they change their minds later) may be worth trying but beyond this it is wasted time and energy trying to do the impossible".

[Emma286]

It's rare that I think of my own philosophical quote ideas. However, I came up with this one the other day so thought I'd share here:

"Accepting things as they are and flowing with life as water is often helpful. But some rigidity also has value. It can sometimes be the yang to water flow's yin. Neither can exist without the other. Both can complement each other."

[Dexter]

I had to do a double take. I first read that as "neither can do without the otter" I will get my glasses checked.

[Emma286]

I had to do a double take. I first read that as "neither can do without the otter" I will get my glasses checked.

Haha no worries Dexter. Hoping all goes well on the glasses check front!

[Maria-Juana]

Quote from: Kiahanie on 4/15/2024, 9:54:21 PM

Life takes many forms without asking our permission. Hard to keep up sometimes.

Reminds me of the song:
You Gotta Be
By: Des'ree

...Time asks no questions, it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning
Can't stop it if you tried to...

[kevin]

So if God talks like a parent/teacher, why did he set up a trap that we modern humans understand would be to easy to fall into ?
Good parents and teachers never 'test' their children/pupils this way.
They test them like good parents/teachers do and don't set up a trap.