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You have to admire the desire for freedom
from bondage, even if the price is sometimes death.
 Escaped circus elephant, struck by bus north of Mexico City. http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures...4%20Hours#a=24 |
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09-25-2008, 03:12 PM
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Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith. |
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09-25-2008, 08:37 PM
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09-25-2008, 09:11 PM
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This one is pantheon material.
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09-25-2008, 09:12 PM
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09-26-2008, 12:04 AM
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Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster |
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09-25-2008, 03:14 PM
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"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12 |
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09-25-2008, 03:20 PM
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That's a lot of meat. I hope they didn't let it go to waste.
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I see a hobo. And when I see the hobo, I think to myself, "This man is poor. His monetary value is low, and my monetary value is high, and it's a shame that he is himself. What can I do?" |
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09-25-2008, 03:28 PM
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I can't imagine what my brain would go through if I were to be driving down the local highway one night, and suddenly see an elephant dart in front of me.
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09-25-2008, 03:29 PM
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Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith. |
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