tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post6202576260207805259..comments2023-10-25T05:02:32.574-05:00Comments on SNIPPETS FROM SPACESHIP ORION: Someone Saved My Life Tonight*WithinWithouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-58823045939165989552008-03-05T20:31:00.000-06:002008-03-05T20:31:00.000-06:00Stace/HE:Can I serve you two a drink or a cup of c...Stace/HE:<BR/><BR/>Can I serve you two a drink or a cup of coffee here at the Snippets Spaceship Orion Inn while you're gabbing?<BR/><BR/>:-)WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-46978910133861435962008-03-03T20:44:00.000-06:002008-03-03T20:44:00.000-06:00HE, I had an idea. I think we can get around those...HE, I had an idea. I think we can get around those first two rules by assuming that anybody who didn't want to hear your problems or your opinions wouldn't be on your blog :) That's a general "your", not specific.Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-48136187214224528182008-03-03T16:14:00.000-06:002008-03-03T16:14:00.000-06:00Mmmmm thanks HE :)Mmmmm thanks HE :)Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-866723651646774222008-03-03T13:50:00.000-06:002008-03-03T13:50:00.000-06:00stace,Oh @#&% I just shipped 13 boxes of Goat Head...stace,<BR/>Oh @#&% I just shipped 13 boxes of Goat Head Soup to your house!Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-29823677528452861002008-03-03T07:31:00.000-06:002008-03-03T07:31:00.000-06:00HE, I'm sorry to have shocked you! Allow me to cla...HE, I'm sorry to have shocked you! Allow me to clarify. I am not a member of the Church of Satan, I am merely an atheist who reads their literature and agrees in principle. I am the first to admit that I often feel unable to live up to all requirements of a Satanist. But I think the most important elements are self-respect and independant thought. I've got those alright! :)Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-49693784212934919032008-03-02T15:03:00.000-06:002008-03-02T15:03:00.000-06:00Toasty:Why am I not surprised?Toasty:<BR/><BR/>Why am I not surprised?WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-71361105856332059362008-03-02T03:49:00.000-06:002008-03-02T03:49:00.000-06:00I have never joined the 'Moonies' BUT I have been ...I have never joined the 'Moonies' BUT I have been known in my youth to pull a few moonies..... I know, I know..... but still..... :)<BR/><BR/>xMarmiteToastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536695634856882487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-80724708461002140362008-02-29T00:24:00.000-06:002008-02-29T00:24:00.000-06:00Ponygirl:And I think that's an important distincti...Ponygirl:<BR/><BR/>And I think that's an important distinction to make...it's the institution of religion that's the problem, not necessarily the people within it.<BR/><BR/>No one can argue that a person who sincerely believes in and lives the 10 Commandments, for example, can be a bad person.<BR/><BR/>And if religion stayed within each individual, and was not force-fed to others, the world would be a better place.<BR/><BR/>But the institution itself breeds a lot of bad stuff when it insists on that we're right, you're wrong thing and then it's used by countries as a rallying cry for war and other stupidity.<BR/><BR/>Religion's insistence that it's either my way or the highway and its heaven or hell shell game leads to a lot of vewy, vewy, bad things.<BR/><BR/>But the well-intended practitioners within it usually are among the nicest of people.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-25685559395415207972008-02-29T00:03:00.000-06:002008-02-29T00:03:00.000-06:00I think faith (but not blind) and spirituality in ...I think faith (but not blind) and spirituality in people who are good is what is so admired. Religion is the PR department gone astray.Ponita in Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886875733169389887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-82362379985827022472008-02-28T23:54:00.000-06:002008-02-28T23:54:00.000-06:00Ponygirl:Hey, I don't think Doc was allowed to use...Ponygirl:<BR/><BR/>Hey, I don't think Doc was allowed to use phasers, was he? Lasers, maybe, but phasers in a doc's hands? Dangerous...<BR/><BR/>MJ:<BR/><BR/>Can you get a witness to what? You taking notes? I'll have my cadre of lawyers contact you.<BR/><BR/>Ponygirl:<BR/><BR/>No, see, if all the religions of the world just let each other be, and everyone agreed on everything, then there would be no reason for war.<BR/><BR/>And if there was no war, the entire military establishment would crumble and all those multi-billionaire companies and their executives would have to produce widgets or something instead.<BR/><BR/>There would be no need for the Pentagon, all those people in the Armed Forces would be unemployed, the stock market would collapse...<BR/><BR/>You get the picture.<BR/><BR/>Anna:<BR/><BR/>I hope you are well.<BR/><BR/>I think individual people within religion are some of the most pure and gentle people on the planet.<BR/><BR/>Some of the most influential and positive people in my life have been priests and nuns.<BR/><BR/>I'm talking about religion as an institution and as a belief system based on concepts that I, as an individual, don't believe in.<BR/><BR/>Regardless, because of the sway that religion holds on believers, I think it's a motivating factor in a lot of the world's ills.<BR/><BR/>And I agree that some people, regardless of anything else, are just evil and they'll use religion or whatever to get their way.<BR/><BR/>Be well, Anna. We're thinking about you and on behalf of the blogworld, here's a group hug.<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>Dinahmow:<BR/><BR/>Yes, of course, and we're all subject to the stupidity factor.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps your friend IS responsible for this proliferation!WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-47453770775723960142008-02-28T23:25:00.000-06:002008-02-28T23:25:00.000-06:00There is usually a stupidity factor, whichever ang...There is usually a stupidity factor, whichever angle you look at.<BR/>I recall a friend who had been robbed of his wallet twice on a subway platform(USofA). So he collected all the calling cards of wacky religions and pseudo-scientific outfits and stashed them in a wallet.His real wallet, with cash, cards and ID was stuffed down his trousers so next time he was accosted he handed over the fake, full of rubbish.Perhaps he's responsible for the proliferation of nutters?dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-35803754777696563942008-02-28T15:38:00.000-06:002008-02-28T15:38:00.000-06:00I don't think it's necessarily the various religio...I don't think it's necessarily the various religions that encourage the bad stuff. Some people are just evil and will use any excuse (including religion) to justify their evil ways.annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10528972018222777551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-76207789489857579222008-02-28T08:50:00.000-06:002008-02-28T08:50:00.000-06:00I've always wanted a phazer. Would be really usefu...I've always wanted a phazer. Would be really useful to get rid of those horrible drivers too. <BR/><BR/>There are too many people who use religion and their 'god' (whichever one that might be) as the driving force for their words and actions. If there is a god, I am sure he/she/it has turned away in disgust and won't have any hand in what happens on this planet anymore as it is such a mess - my god is right and yours is wrong, or you have too many or none, or, or, or,..... I have always believed, even though I do not have a religious or believing bone in my body, that one's faith is a private and personal thing. I respect people who have their faith and beliefs and are aware and secure enough within themselves to accept others who do not share those same beliefs. Why can't we just agree to disagree? What is wrong with that? Why does it always have to be right and wrong? Why not just different and leave it as such? Who do so many people have to be so narrow minded and stupid? And why the hell are they the people running the countries of the world!?!?Ponita in Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886875733169389887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-71566514116249431302008-02-28T08:30:00.000-06:002008-02-28T08:30:00.000-06:00Hallelujah!Can I get a witness?Hallelujah!<BR/><BR/>Can I get a witness?The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-85374323178277839582008-02-28T08:29:00.000-06:002008-02-28T08:29:00.000-06:00Yeah, there are good people in all walks of life, ...Yeah, there are good people in all walks of life, and there are horrible, hypocrytical assholes who are just like Homey says... believe they are right in all the nasty-ness they say and do because they've supposedly got god on their side. Where's my phazer, dammit, Jim! I want to vaporize people like that.... make the world a better place without them.Ponita in Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886875733169389887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-20487152762796739862008-02-28T08:28:00.000-06:002008-02-28T08:28:00.000-06:00HE:Amen to that! Oh...maybe that's not the most ap...HE:<BR/><BR/>Amen to that! Oh...maybe that's not the most appropriate response...WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-61184267361548770302008-02-28T08:04:00.000-06:002008-02-28T08:04:00.000-06:00The sad truth is that people aren't Good or Evil.....The sad truth is that people aren't Good or Evil..they are either intoxicatingly Charming or mindnumbingly Tedious.<BR/><BR/>There are charming people who are Christians, Buddhists, Satanists, Atheists, Muslims, even Scientologists. <BR/>These folks would be 'good people' regardless of what they believed in.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately the opposite is equally true. Some people would be complete assholes no matter what they pretended to be....<BR/><BR/>and these twats are the ones that we notice because their actions defy the basic tenets of their belief system. <BR/><BR/>What is completely baffling to the rest of us is that these tedious twats don't notice (or care) that they are complete assholes because they think that everything that they do is RIGHT because GOD is on their side.<BR/><BR/>That really burns my ass.Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-35176166318855413802008-02-27T23:53:00.000-06:002008-02-27T23:53:00.000-06:00Stace:Had a not nearly complete enough look at the...Stace:<BR/><BR/>Had a not nearly complete enough look at the site you linked us to.<BR/><BR/>While there are things I certainly wouldn't subscribe to, I can see grains of deep truth that resonate, the biggest one being independent thought.<BR/><BR/>There are others, but suffice to say: Vewy intewesting...<BR/><BR/>Homey:<BR/><BR/>Nice smile on your new avatar. You finally got your new false teeth to fit without falling out, I see.<BR/><BR/>Carm:<BR/><BR/>Yep, it's true. And to each his or her own, whatever works, I guess. I just wonder how many actually DO think about it, and how it makes them feel.<BR/><BR/>If they do that and it makes sense to them, great. But seems to me they can't make a decision without weighing the facts or at least doing what you suggest, and that's NOT THINKING.<BR/><BR/>And at least in some ways, as you also suggest, religion could be argued to be most appealing to those who don't think and who follow.<BR/><BR/>Ponygirl:<BR/><BR/>Exactimundo.<BR/><BR/>Everything religion espouses is, at the worst extremes, shown in action to be almost the complete opposite. Peace/war; tranquility and inner peace/doubt, guilt and turbulence.<BR/><BR/>And the couple of examples you used illustrate that.<BR/><BR/>I still hold to the possibility of a supreme being and some snippet of hope of an after-life, but I wouldn't bet on it!<BR/><BR/>Have fun flitting about!!!WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-330264085460360362008-02-27T21:10:00.000-06:002008-02-27T21:10:00.000-06:00It is a very sad state of affairs when most religi...It is a very sad state of affairs when most religions have a non-tolerance clause - most definitely are black or white, us right - you wrong in mentality. As a hooman bean, I have always prided myself on being very tolerant, of believing that we are all entitled to our own beliefs and opinions, as long we hurt no one and don't try to force what we believe on anyone else. For all it's spoutings of kindness and truth, with my limited understanding of Christianity, the history of it shows such a different face. Look at the Crusaders, who invaded the 'Holy Land' and put all non-converters to the sword. Look at Ireland, where two Christian factions have been battling it out for decades - and for what? Don't both sides read from the same books? The same words? Hear the same things preached to them in church? Makes no sense to me.<BR/><BR/>I had no religion in my upbringing. My experiences of going to church were limited to weddings and funerals. My parents didn't go to church, although my mother was the blacksheep in her family, being Mennonite, and the only one to NOT keep up the religious dogerel.<BR/><BR/>Out of curiousity, I have read bits of the bible, but find it incredibly difficult to swallow. Way too far fetched and wanting blind faith from its followers. Perhaps I am just too much of a thinker, but there's a lot of crap in that book. I cannot bring myself to believe in God... I prefer to think of heaven or life after death as something out of Star Trek. When I die, I will become an energy being and will join all those who 'went' before me to flit about the universe, exploring all the places this measly human body isn't able to go. That sounds like a hell of a lot more fun than sitting in an eternally green and sunny meadow with a bunch of angels playing harps and listening to some old guy (meaning god) natter on about this, that and the other thing.Ponita in Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886875733169389887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-68291877269279090882008-02-27T15:28:00.000-06:002008-02-27T15:28:00.000-06:00That wabbit looks weally scawy...I think for a lot...That wabbit looks weally scawy...I think for a lot of people it is easier to just follow along and do what everyone else does (kneel, pray, have a bake sale, have ashes put on your forehead, etc.) than to think for themselves. I don't blame them, life is hard and making decisions is tough. But organized religion preys on people like that.Carmenztahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766983162057446234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-73012169441984031982008-02-27T15:21:00.000-06:002008-02-27T15:21:00.000-06:00stace!?,I read the material and (don't get mad at ...stace!?,<BR/>I read the material and (don't get mad at me) my biggest concerns are rule #1 "Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked" and rule #2 "Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them."<BR/><BR/>In my case that would pretty much put the kibosh on blogging!<BR/><BR/>As far as the 9 'sins' go, by the time I read through the first three, Stupidity, Pretentiousness and Solipsism, I knew that I was in serious trouble.<BR/><BR/>Since you were brave enough to offer this information, you are no doubt aware that most people would be shocked by your admission.<BR/><BR/>Like it or not two Millenia of Christian Thought in the Western World has left a universal fear of this sort of thing. <BR/><BR/>I guess that I always imagined that you were just some run-of-the-mill Agnostic like myself. But if what you say is true, then you are a Theist.<BR/><BR/>Interesting. It will take a while for me to digest this and examine my own preconceptions.Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-17711444601014514342008-02-27T14:38:00.000-06:002008-02-27T14:38:00.000-06:00Satanist theory is more or less summed up in three...Satanist theory is more or less summed up in three sets of broad guidelines issued by the Church of Satan: The Nine Satanic Statements (a list of what Satan represents to a true Satanist), the Eleven Satanic Rules Of The Earth (guidelines as to how a person should behave), and the Nine Satanic Sins (self-explanatory; things not to do). <BR/><BR/>http://www.churchofsatan.com/home.html<BR/><BR/>Worth a read :)Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-33244981512216618362008-02-27T12:55:00.000-06:002008-02-27T12:55:00.000-06:00MJ:It's hard to find good help nowadays. OK, I'll ...MJ:<BR/><BR/>It's hard to find good help nowadays. OK, I'll write your request into your contract.<BR/><BR/>But you still have to take notes.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-48766839664702547812008-02-27T12:49:00.000-06:002008-02-27T12:49:00.000-06:00Dang.I resign.Dang.<BR/><BR/>I resign.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-10007501782251585902008-02-27T12:40:00.000-06:002008-02-27T12:40:00.000-06:00Annie:Your experience is almost exactly the same a...Annie:<BR/><BR/>Your experience is almost exactly the same as mine.<BR/><BR/>I was raised Catholic too and I certainly agree that Dubya's administration almost completely encapsulates the government motivated by, founded upon the principles of and even directed by the Far Right religious zealots.<BR/><BR/>Religion has been a big part of my life, and there may be a place for it, somewhere. But not in its current form.<BR/><BR/>It's exactly the opposite of what it needs to be, a catalyst or excuse for war and other stupid government policies (like ignoring the theory of evolution, the effects of greenhouse gases, etc.)<BR/><BR/>I liked your "not necessarily anti-God, just without God," but I would add: without the God they've programmed us to believe in.<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>MJ:<BR/><BR/>Uh, I think there was a misprint on your computer. You would be the high priestess secretary, not the high priestess, period.<BR/><BR/>So it is you who would have to submit to such orders of appearing buk nekkid, should I so deem.<BR/><BR/>Homey, he'd be busy watching David Suzuki or something.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.com