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| My God Can Beat the Shit Out of Your God For discussing any and all religious viewpoints. Intolerance will not be tolerated. Keeping your sense of humor is required. Posting messages about theological paradoxes is encouraged. |
# 1
2008-09-18, 07:50
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why aren't there any good prohets these days
where are all the sweet bible style prophets these days??? i think the world needs one, stir things up a bit. Maybe it would make kids beleive in comic books again.
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# 2
2008-09-18, 10:16
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Hell is what it feels like.
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
Cuz.. its harder to get your average joe to buy into ridiculous bullshit these days.
And that's some improvement on a global scale.
Last edited by Barnabeast666; 2008-09-18 at 10:16.
Reason: forg0t an "R"
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# 3
2008-09-18, 12:46
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Tea and Crumpets country
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
Maybe they just don't make a song and dance about it.
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# 4
2008-09-18, 13:51
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Great State of Texas
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Paine
Paul McCartney and John Lennon
Karl Marx
Just for starters.
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# 5
2008-09-18, 14:20
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
People aren't interested in the outside.
"Come outside the cave? What cave?"
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2008-09-18, 18:31 |
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Wasilla, Alaska
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
I'd say it is a Piscean vs Aquarian thing. The Piscean Age, which recently ended, saw the rise of two of the great world religions, and prophets abounded. Arguably, the last great one was Edgar Cayce.
These Aquarian days, the people who are doing the Work are less dogmatic, I think.
There are literally dozens of writers and teachers, everyone from Deepak Chopra (arguably at the top) and little fish like me, at the other end of the scale in terms of influence and visibility. Read enough, and you will see that most all of us--from The Secret and A Course in Miracles to Wayne Dyer to Tony Robbins, Stephen Gaskin, Stuart Wilde, the Dalai Lama, Muslim Sufis, and a host of others are all saying pretty much the same thing, espousing what Aldous Huxley called the Perennial Philosophy.
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2008-09-18, 18:41 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
Because anyone who says they are talking to god is sent to the looney bin nowadays.
Two thousand years ago there were no looney bins.
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2008-09-19, 01:32 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
Because supernatural power possessing prophets are part of a fairy tale, never existed, and therefore cannot exist today.
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2008-09-19, 04:11 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
Remember Pope John Paul II? He was here not to long ago.
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2008-09-21, 02:54 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
I'm a prophet. Nobody listens to people like me anymore. Mainly because most knowledge that people have about the world is controlled by people who control the world. They have created a clever way of establishing a fictional connection to most things that threaten their power. Anything that might point to them controlling our thoughts, money, etc. is now fiction. The truth would destroy their power, so now people like me who naturally find truth in the world that goes against the reality they are establishing, are known as crackpots to the brainwashed masses. Isn't it awesome.
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# 11
2008-09-22, 14:20
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the intergalactic space travel
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
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Originally Posted by FreakyKiwi
where are all the sweet bible style prophets these days??? i think the world needs one, stir things up a bit. Maybe it would make kids beleive in comic books again.
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Look no further baby.
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2008-09-25, 11:47 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
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Originally Posted by SomeLowLife
Because anyone who says they are talking to god is sent to the looney bin nowadays.
Two thousand years ago there were no looney bins.
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Yes there were. It's Pontius Pilates all over again, just in a "modern" way. |
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#13
2008-09-25, 20:53 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
Maybe humanity has just became too full of themselves. We feel that we are God and can control everything. Maybe humanities ability to make contact with the Divine has faded like our natural instincts have. I have no idea how to stalk a lion, but I have no need to either. Maybe humanity will need God again someday and then we will once again look for guidance.
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2008-10-02, 17:12 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
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Originally Posted by ArmsMerchant
I'd say it is a Piscean vs Aquarian thing. The Piscean Age, which recently ended, saw the rise of two of the great world religions, and prophets abounded. Arguably, the last great one was Edgar Cayce.
These Aquarian days, the people who are doing the Work are less dogmatic, I think.
There are literally dozens of writers and teachers, everyone from Deepak Chopra (arguably at the top) and little fish like me, at the other end of the scale in terms of influence and visibility. Read enough, and you will see that most all of us--from The Secret and A Course in Miracles to Wayne Dyer to Tony Robbins, Stephen Gaskin, Stuart Wilde, the Dalai Lama, Muslim Sufis, and a host of others are all saying pretty much the same thing, espousing what Aldous Huxley called the Perennial Philosophy.
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i hope deepak chopra dies. |
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2008-10-02, 20:29 |
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Wasilla, Alaska
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
i hope deepak chopra dies.
Well bless my heart, aren't you a pathetic and mean-spirited little fuck? Not that there's anything wrong with that--you just have not evolved very far.
Be advised--in case you didn't know--that the bodies that all of us use in our current incarnations will in time cease to function. Our souls, however, are immortal.
Even yours.
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2008-10-03, 05:55 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
Well bless my heart, aren't you a pathetic and mean-spirited little fuck? Not that there's anything wrong with that--you just have not evolved very far.
Be advised--in case you didn't know--that the bodies that all of us use in our current incarnations will in time cease to function. Our souls, however, are immortal.
Even yours.
unevolved? me? hey im not the one believing in imaginary things called souls. drop this newage we are all one crap, please.
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2008-10-03, 06:05 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
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Originally Posted by Obbe
People aren't interested in the outside (http://www.theabsolute.net/minefield/humevas.html).
"Come outside the cave? What cave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave)?"
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i stopped reading the human evasion as soon as it mentioned anal fixation...because i thoroughly believe freudian psychology is retarded. i don't trust freud as a psychologist therefore i can't take that book seriously., as a philosopher such as in "the future of an illusion" i can deal with freud's psychoanalysis-based bullshit because it is properly applied and makes linear/logical sense even without the aforementioned bs. As far as why things are wrong in your life, its all bullshit in my opinion |
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2008-10-03, 13:45 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
i stopped reading the human evasion as soon as it mentioned anal fixation...because i thoroughly believe freudian psychology is retarded. i don't trust freud as a psychologist therefore i can't take that book seriously., as a philosopher such as in "the future of an illusion" i can deal with freud's psychoanalysis-based bullshit because it is properly applied and makes linear/logical sense even without the aforementioned bs. As far as why things are wrong in your life, its all bullshit in my opinion
You stopped reading part-way into the first chapter?
The book is not based on freud, that sentence was used to show how 'sanity' can be characterized by symptoms much like mental illnesses can be. This book is about recognizing the state of sanity for what it is, not about determining why certain things are 'wrong' in your life.
They go on to use freud as an example of a 'sane' person.
What aforementioned bullshit? What in the human evasion do you think is bullshit?
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2008-10-03, 19:58 |
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Wasilla, Alaska
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
unevolved? me? hey im not the one believing in imaginary things called souls. drop this newage we are all one crap, please.
With all due respect, you ignorant slut, the so-called New Age ideas have been around for milennia.
Read The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley and see what I mean.
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2008-10-03, 20:03 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
You stopped reading part-way into the first chapter?
The book is not based on freud, that sentence was used to show how 'sanity' can be characterized by symptoms much like mental illnesses can be. This book is about recognizing the state of sanity for what it is, not about determining why certain things are 'wrong' in your life.
They go on to use freud as an example of a 'sane' person.
What aforementioned bullshit? What in the human evasion do you think is bullshit?
i wasn't referring to the human evasion as bullshit since i didnt even read enough of it. i was referring to freudian psychology. i apologize for that i guess i should read it.
but first tell me one thing. How did they use freud as an example of a sane person, so i dont waste my time.
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2008-10-03, 20:05 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
With all due respect, you ignorant slut, the so-called New Age ideas have been around for milennia.
Read The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley and see what I mean.
like time adds any credibility (see Christianity).
and i've read enough of the newage ideas to think its garbage, but i'll look into that book since its turned you into a almost religious follower of chopra.
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2008-10-03, 20:26 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
How did they use freud as an example of a sane person, so i dont waste my time.
Freud keeps things 'in perspective', enjoys "simple everyday pleasures", is obviously very interested in people, etc.
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2008-10-03, 22:21 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
Freud keeps things 'in perspective', enjoys "simple everyday pleasures", is obviously very interested in people, etc.
elaborate just a little bit more on the quoted things, please.
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2008-10-04, 03:34 |
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Re: why aren't there any good prohets these days
elaborate just a little bit more on the quoted things, please.
I don't think its appropriate for this thread, but ...
The sane person prides himself on his ability to be unaffected by important facts, and interested in unimportant ones. He refers to this as having a sense of perspective, or keeping things 'in proportion'.
Seeing things in perspective usually means that you stand at a certain distance away from the objects of observation. The 'perspective' in which a sane person lives depends on avoiding this manoeuvre. You have to hold a flower very close to your eyes if it is to blot out the sky. The sane person holds his life in front of his face like someone with short sight reading a newspaper with rather small print. It follows that he cannot have emotions about the universe, because he cannot see that it is there.
A sane person believes firmly in the uselessness of thinking about what he does not understand, and is pathologically interested in other people.
Those are just quotes from the book which you can read yourself if you're still interested.
The "outside" I was referring to in my initial post is the majority of reality/existence. The bits left out of what the sane person keeps 'in perspective'.
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