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originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: Nothin
Really short short story.
is my thoughts that there is nothing inside of those parenthesis, due to my bias, and interest in 'nothingness'; just as much as a Christian believes that God is in and of all, and therefore: of course God is inside of those parenthesis ?
So I was going to post the video, losing my religion by R.E.M. then the youtube played this video as the add. Instead of clicking ( skip add ) I listened to it.
...
Perhaps you have lost your ability to read within parenthesis, as well as some religion ?
The classical explanation of the word, traced to Cicero himself, derives it from re- (again) + lego in the sense of "choose", "go over again" or "consider carefully".
Religio was most often used by the ancient Romans not in the context of a relation towards gods, but as a range of general emotions such as hesitation, caution, anxiety, fear; feelings of being bound, restricted, inhibited; which arose from heightened attention in any mundane context.
We are making some excellent headway, to mitigate our illogical fears involving grammar !
originally posted by: pthena
I just realized how imprecise language can be. I never even thought of 'free' like that. I was thinking of free as in free to walk through walls and fly like Peter Pan or Superman.
9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written,
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
to guard you,’
11 and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
Luke 4:12
Those babies hatched!
Sally, armed only with her courage and free will, walks through walls, so to speak:
"I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
originally posted by: pthena
Sally, armed only with her courage and free will, walks through walls, so to speak:
Don't forget the naivete. That seemed important in her story too. For it is written:
"I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
hard for me to pin down space and time like that
Luckily, they've found a home where earthworms and insects have been happily cultivated for the past few years
I just believe some have been redeemed (yet to come) and should offer that hand of help when they can.
originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: Raggedyman
I just believe some have been redeemed (yet to come) and should offer that hand of help when they can.
It's August in Australia I believe,
( no, I forgot July has 31 days )
but that's when it isn't Summer there.
Happy August (tomorrow) from the Northern Hemisphere.
originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: Raggedyman
Thank you.
When ever I bet that I hear myself sweat
I'll think of cold cold hills.
originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: Raggedyman
We should write this on a wall.
2 Cor 3
1Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
4Such confidence we have through Christ toward God; 5not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; 6who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
No! Not on a wall.
(Note: the following is a general comment that I am making, please don't take it personal if it doesn't apply to you.)
Sometimes I think Christianity is wasted on Christians.