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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 07:45 PM Original message |
IF you believe in a higher power,... |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is this another cat thread ? |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 07:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Naw. I'm just exploring "conscience". Even atheists believe,... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Aaahhhh! Super-ego! |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Hmmmmm, could be. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Why that? |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Ya'll are still avoiding the question: what shapes your "conscience"? |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Fantasy has it's roots in reality and reality is rooted in fantasy. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. And yet they are different. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Exactly! |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It would be a moot point. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Replace "fire" with "energy",...and I could go there. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Fire is energy. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Sun Ra? That you? |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. No. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 09:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
72. You post where? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. "I came in through the out door twice." |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Very Good. Sorta. I was dead. But I didn't stay that way. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Are you saying,...you have no "conscience" or what? |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Of course I have one. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Rumsfeld is a sentient being. He has no "conscience" about destroying,... |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Yes he does. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Addendum |
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dhinojosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am aware, that's why I am naughty...all day...and of course, all night! |
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jean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. I try very hard to listen to mine - not always easy |
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dbeach (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Higher power of my understanding... |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. It's so much easier to avoid being true,...about oneself. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. after 43 years, (well sooner) |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. If the higher power is that aware, |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Ah, but,...YOU are assuming a "higher power" is a separate, all- |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Conscience? See my post number 9. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Um, okay. So, identify what makes up YOUR conscience. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. I don't see the mystery. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Why are you so reluctant to define your "conscience"? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 08:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
71. I thought I did it at least twice. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
62. Very Interesting. I've never comtemplated His curiosity before. I like it! |
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MontageOfFreedom (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Quiz on who can guess who said this. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. *LOL* Really? You'll have to let me in on that secret,... |
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ibid (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I give up - who said this? :-) |
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MontageOfFreedom (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. A woman who believes in the esoterical study of.... |
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ibid (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 07:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
66. thanks for the information! :-) |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. All That Is |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. People should compliment you more often. I love your posts. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 07:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
68. thank you |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. There are those who conceive a "higher power" precisely in those terms. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 07:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
69. shatter your ideals on the Rock of Truth |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. You assume the "higher power" is omniscient. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Well, to the extent that we are merely a piece of sand in the universe,... |
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dbeach (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. What is your definition of conscience..?? |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. I define my "conscience",...I choose,...just like you. |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Hmmm... |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. That's responsive!!! YOU shape your conscience. |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. We're getting somewhere. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Bah. Those aren't "big guns",...they are just complications. |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Huh??? |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. *LOL* maybe,...it's WAY past my bedtime. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. It made sense to me, I am glad you pointed them things out also |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. Correction |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. One can argue that the Judaic family of religions, |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #52 |
74. Cool! I love a good arguement. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Man, I'm glad I don't believe in gods. I'd think they were pervs. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. I need to work on my thoughts |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. God knows everything I am and have done and loves me anyway |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Believing in forgiveness is important |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #46 |
63. These things are very personal |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #63 |
73. OK |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. Sounds like,...you are "aware". |
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Geo55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. ZACKLY !! |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. My higher power is something greater than "my"self... |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Most of that sounds okay to me |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I believe that is called the "delusion of self"... |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 01:04 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. That would be me then, the delusional part anyway |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
65. I think your premise is flawed . . . |
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ibid (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 07:40 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. the Greek/Plato attitude? - God is not limited to the concerns of humans |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
70. The higher power I believe in is too complex for religion. |
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