Marianne
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 20th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 9 months agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
My friend has a garden full of these….He’s a sick man, Reg.
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 20th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 9 months agoEven if he loses the election, Trump and his crew plan to make sure a change of power doesn’t happen.
The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway
From the article:
“No one knows exactly what Trump’s attack on the electoral system will be in 2024,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the Jan. 6 select committee. “What…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 20th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 9 months agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
An interesting opinion piece on the election.I recently discovered this analyst and have come to trust him because he’s so analytical. Many of the other ones simply trust the polls blindly. He looks behind the curtain. Over the last few of his analyses, he seems fairly confident Kamala will…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic THINKING ABOUT THE END in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 9 months ago
Simon Paynton wrote:
Would you say that there’s something in atheism that makes people want to kill themselves? I don’t think there is, and I’ve never heard of that before. Atheism makes people want to celebrate life and make the most of it. Maybe suicidal people gravitate towards it as a nihilistic position.“If there is no God, everything is pe…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic THINKING ABOUT THE END in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 9 months ago
I agree with Sartre that suicide is the ultimate expression of one’s freedom. I live in Oregon, a state with legal assisted suicide. Which is kind of silly, in a way, since most of us have a way of doing it if we were to so choose. As a diabetic, I always have vials of insulin on hand. I passed out recently in a hypoglycemic crisis. Luckily, I…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic THINKING ABOUT THE END in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 9 months ago
There will be no note in a bottle telling whatever (if anything) comes after what our universe was like. That we beheld beauty.
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Unseen replied to the topic THINKING ABOUT THE END in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 9 months ago
Unseen wrote:
How to deal with it indeed.I think the only thing to do is to live a good life: authentic and compassionate. Then, at least it’s not wasted. There is no cosmic significance of anything. The point is, what’s it like for you?
Someone might say, “If the universe isn’t eternal, than the universe itself is was…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic THINKING ABOUT THE END in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 9 months ago
How to deal with it indeed.
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Unseen started the topic THINKING ABOUT THE END in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 9 months ago
It’s been a sad day for me. It started with watching Paulina of The Warning singing the song Breathe, which she has sung in public only once and probably will never do again. Obviously, it expresses a deep hurt we may never understand unless she someday feels at peace with it enough to talk about it.
Then, I started reflecting on a ride I was on…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 13th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 9 months agoUnseen wrote:
Let’s imagine that 10% (or any %) of atheists turn to terrorism. Would that form a valid basis for attempts to stifle or stamp out atheism?Yes, if the other 90 per cent did little to nothing to stop the ten percent and/or if there was something inherently wrong within atheism that promulgated terrorism.
Of c…
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 13th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 9 months agoLet’s imagine that 10% (or any %) of atheists turn to terrorism. Would that form a valid basis for attempts to stifle or stamp out atheism?
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Unseen replied to the topic Great recordings are dying due to the lack of a video in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 9 months ago
@ Simon
By “dying,” I mean not getting the attention they deserve, not passing totally out of existence.
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 13th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 9 months ago“Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”.
Possibly irrelevant comment: the philosopher Willard V.O. Quine held that everything exists once properly categorized. For example, faeries exist wheh you categorize them as mythological beings.
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 6th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 10 months agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
@jakelafort Can we metaphor even more? Don’t start with the similes though. I mean what would that be even like?Yes, similes of/for similes is a matter for The Department of Redundancy Department.
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Unseen started the topic Great recordings are dying due to the lack of a video in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 10 months ago
Case in point: Tam Lin by Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention
This is a song sung with inimitable flourish by the legendary Sandy Denny. It’s based on a Celtic folk tale about the romance between a fair maiden named Janet and a handsome but cursed elfin prince named Tam Lin. I’ve begged the major song reactors to do a reaction to this song with…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 10 months ago
A 10/9/24 concert in a small setting where, lacking the giant video screens they use in their major concerts, they just show up and play virtually nonstop, putting on exactly the same show they would for a crowd of 50,000, musically speaking. Sadly, my favorite Pau song, 23, seems to have been dropped from their recent playlists. And, much as I’d…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 6th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 10 months agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Strega is a very bewitching nom de plume.Strega, the witch or the liqueur?
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School September 29th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 10 months ago@ Jake
It may be about attention span. I’ve been watching videos of reactions to the classic 1979 sci fi/horror classic Alien and the younger the viewer the more likely they are to complain that “nothing happens until a half hour into the movie.” Yeah, nothing but scene setting and character development. They want the horror scares to start right…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School September 29th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 10 months agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Happy Birthday President Jimmy Carter. You are a great example of what a good Christian should be. I know you look forward each week to Sunday School too.That class act, Donald Trump, honors Jimmy Carter on his 100th birthday:
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Unseen replied to the topic Ready to see the impossible? Just look. in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 10 months ago
_Robert_ wrote:
camo-breaking abilitiesCamouflage?
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