Haven't we had enough of One Brand Fits All?

J.C was neither the first (nor the last) to try to come up with a sufficiently rollockin story.. to try to keep homo-saps from acting out their bizarre fantasies (like.. wantin to live on and on and on - completely missing the Point that death is a Great part of the life cycle). Oh -- and about the folly of tryin to 'own' everything, even when you can't recall exactly how much stuff ya have.. while snickerin at the old lady with the shopping cart (a distant Aunt maybe even).

And he fershure woulda had zippo to do with the kind of screwball above (and I'd love to hear his take on The Pope and the other Corp drones that have been pirating his stories). See.. (?) these ideas weren't all Original (nope, not even the idea of bein an avatar), another word for messiah.)

Sooo let's not be re-branding Krishna, Siva and all the others - OK? None of the stories work unless someone does the 'work' personally - all by theyselves: no free passes for Sunday School attendance and rote memorization.. (PS - that "apple" thing? it's called an allegory. Do they still have students read "The Pearl" or "Visions of Piers the Ploughman" ? so's they know *what* an allegory is?)



Salvation Co-ops Ltd.

But when your post commences from an assumption that everyone knows the theological assumptions you're talking about, regularly peruses the Old or New testaments for daily guidance, and sees the world through that prism - you're invited to recall that some don't know those details. Others know of them and choose different prisms to peer through.

In fact, it may be the assumption of enough Christians - that there are no other prisms - which prompts such reminders about equal time. In Murica, I'd say that the Christians get pretty un-equal time, a habit from an earlier age when it was dangerous not to profess the same stuff as your neighbor. Today the neighbors might have come from Anywhere, not from up the creek a ways.

You can only 'squelch' yourself. No one here can do that for you. If you are uncomfortable with the thought that there are other ways of living honorably, with less dogma than you prefer (?) - tough. We aren't likely to have heretic trials again - any time soon. Or if cliche is easier, try: 'get used to it'.

Maybe it is hard for you to appreciate the ill-will which has been generated in not-Christians over a lengthy period, by the frequent Murican habit of assuming it's the Only Way\ufffd. Presume what you like - but in a general audience, expect to be challenged in some of your generalities about "us all".

I think the idea of a Christians Only forum has been toyed with in past - and not adopted, for whatever reasons at the time. Maybe this was about the time that one past member sought to 'prove' that everyone else was Certainly full of shit, inherently dishonorable if not already condemned to some Fantastical Fate for a number of eons - and lied to their wives too .. Look it up, if you've forgotten The Christianity Lectures.

Feel free to propose what you like. I'll continue to feel free too, Ashcroft or no Ashcroft.


Ashton

One I recall: 'religions' have a shelf life. Get too far from the source and.. they all calcify. Especially after the last "I Saw Her Live!" dies. So even though there's nothing new under Old Sol; without some way to see a 'cubicle' as a cubicle-type cage (?) all the begats and archaic yammering about 12th century diets yada yada:

Fall tediously flat, as in useless. BTW whatever one's hearsay re acid - ya can damn well bet that you won't code worth a shit (or remotely Want to) on it. [now.. you might Laugh at some code, but not as if it meant anything]


Ashton
Owsley - yeah, that was the guy...