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[–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Also, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

No matter how good your intentions are of your actions aren't good it's going to work out bad.

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

So what are you trying to say?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I was trying to say something like this to Socks, because I know he means well trying to save us from ourselves, but he shouldn't be trying to 'save' us through manipulation.

And as I judge him unworthy, I invite judgement upon myself. Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Matthew 7:1-2

[–]LarrySwinger2 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I hate to break it to you, Musky, but socks is a paid shill. His purpose is to blend in, and then derail this community from what it was. He doesn't mean well.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

His purpose is to blend in, and then derail this community from what it was.

I agree with you, but in his mind I think disrupting this "evil fascist ultra right wing forum" (which is a ridiculous notion but he seems to believe it) is the good thing.

but socks is a paid shill

There's a post about WEF Information Warriors on the front page, made me wonder.

[–]SMCAB 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

There is a shill playbook. Socks follows it to the letter.

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    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Sure, it's not a super accurate series of divine documents, but more human mythos. There's still wisdom in there. The Babylonian Captivity is another example of syncretism. If a religion is so mutable, how could it be perfect or divine. Especially the religions with pedo prophets.

    [–]IridescentAnaconda 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    I tend to view scripture through the lens of resonance. The longer the passage has survived, and the more people who venerate it, the more resonance it has. Regardless of source (pedo prophet, scammy leader, schizo, whatever).

    From a functional perspective, reciting prayers that have withstood the test of time, especially using older linguistic forms, tends to produce results. By results, I mean altered mental states, that when repeated over time have demonstrable effects in ones life. I am a loving spouse, a compassionate and effective manager, and revered within my technical discipline, precisely because of the seriousness to which I apply meditation, prayer, etc. Most importantly, I am closer to that Kingdom of Heaven we talked about in another thread. Could I have achieved all these things without meditation, prayer, etc.? Maybe. But it wasn't until I took these disciplines seriously that I started to see concrete results in my life.

    This isn't the result of God rewarding you with grace, siddhis or whatever, it's just a natural result of resonating at a frequency that permits these changes.

    [–]chottohen 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    As one Jewish Historian put it, a body of rabbis got together at some point and decreed, paraphrased: One day we will be a great country and we need a great history. And they proceded to write it. The historian is still being blocked from becoming full professor at some US college.