"Many of the parallels are conceptual or poetic, so they aren't all immediately obvious. After all, the authors did not want the average believer to see what they were doing, but they did want the alert reader to see it. An educated Roman in the ruling class would probably have recognised the literary game being played." Atwill maintains he can demonstrate that "the Roman Caesars left us a kind of puzzle literature that was meant to be solved by future generations, and the solution to that puzzle is 'We invented Jesus Christ, and we're proud of it.'"And you people laughed at Dan Brown.
Quote"Many of the parallels are conceptual or poetic, so they aren't all immediately obvious. After all, the authors did not want the average believer to see what they were doing, but they did want the alert reader to see it. An educated Roman in the ruling class would probably have recognised the literary game being played." Atwill maintains he can demonstrate that "the Roman Caesars left us a kind of puzzle literature that was meant to be solved by future generations, and the solution to that puzzle is 'We invented Jesus Christ, and we're proud of it.'"And you people laughed at Dan Brown.
nopeIf magic is all we've ever known
One can believe he wasn't God, but it's hard to outright deny that Jesus once existed. I'd prefer focusing on other shit. Like the fact that there are historical records of him being killed, but none of him resurrection. You'd think that Josephus' account wouldn't just be "this guy lived and then he died" if Jesus rose from the dead and hovered in the sky to preach to 300+ people before flying into the sky.
:trash abrahamic religion
I dunno. If I were ever to go into the pit of religion again, it'd be down to Buddhism, Taoism, or Confucianism. That is, if you consider these religions. :yeshrug There's some good things about religion, but for the most part, I'm pretty apathetic towards it. There's no reason to be anti-theistic, though.
I dunno. If I were ever to go into the pit of religion again, it'd be down to Buddhism, Taoism, or Confucianism. That is, if you consider these religions. :yeshrug There's some good things about religion, but for the most part, I'm pretty apathetic towards it. There's no reason to be anti-theistic, though.
Been watching Kung-Fu movies lately?
I'm a fan of Taoism.
I'm a fan of Taoism.
(http://i.imgur.com/VidYFwz.jpg)
I haven't seen the anti-intellectual complaint about Taoism before, any links or whatever? (Or maybe I'm just misunderstanding.)
translations of the Dao De ChingYeah, I just came across this looking up Himu's quote and it is no help at all: http://www.wayist.org/ttc%20compared/chap19.htm :lol
Quit distinguishing the wise and their wisdom, the saints and their holiness, and the people will be a hundred times better off.For example, this is like an entirely different concept.
Meh, there is a lot of terrible stuff out there on the net; a lot of it falls into this tao of pooh shit about 'going with the flow' type new age spiritual capitalism hippie faggotry.translations of the Dao De ChingYeah, I just came across this looking up Himu's quote and it is no help at all: http://www.wayist.org/ttc%20compared/chap19.htm :lol
http://www.daoistcenter.org/ is a good site. The articles in the basic section are a cool place to start.
http://www.daoistcenter.org/ is a good site. The articles in the basic section are a cool place to start.This is quite a bit more helpful than the Wiki entries. I read the Dao and Zhuangzi years and years ago, but going through the mess* that is Wiki entries on most philosophies was just getting things more confused than helping to remember and learn.
google my signature.It's all in wingdings. ???
In the Dead or Alive series of video games, Gen Fu and Eliot employ the style while in the Tekken series, Wang Jinrei uses pure Xingyiquan, while Michelle Chang and her daughter, Julia Chang, use Xingyiquan mixed with wrestling and Kung fu. In the Mortal Kombat series, Shao Kahn employs Xingyiquan as well as Tai Tsu Chang Quan.[20] Jet Li also performed Xingyi in the action movie The One.
I'm a fan of Taoism.
(http://i.imgur.com/VidYFwz.jpg)
buddha was fat, jesus was lean and ripped. and white. gonna have to go #teamjesus on this one.
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Himu how did you become a muslim :lol
Revelations scared the shit out of me. No joke. When I started going through puberty and I had thoughts of lust or got horny I would slap myself arm, leg, face, wherever - to snap myself out of it.
Reading this thread is a trip, and reminds me how lucky I was (for once) to have been born to hippie dippie idiots for parents that didn't like religion.
Mara is my daughter's name. :rejoice
Mara Grace :rejoice
Mara is my daughter's name. :rejoicehopefully she doesn't look anything like this Mara
Mara Grace :rejoice