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maybe it would be so they can see the halftime show

We've bussed students to achieve integration before.

He is a world leader...of sorts. Similarly, the leader of the Sufi faith is a whirled leader.

Were the U.S. to hit Iran bases with air strikes, would that hazard a full-scale land invasion by them of Iraq?

It may be asking a but much for alertness from some folks on 4/20.

their specialty is head

This statement fits well in the thread that considers cognitive decision-making versus instinct.

...is a brass bra w/o felt liner in the Yukon.

you are fucking retarded... Us retarded need lovin too

Right. I see it as "Right & Wrong" being at the root of religion and philosophy where those argue what is right and wrong. For me, the "spirituality" aspect from those sources arises when the Great Duality is countered and/or left behind. photographic evidence Ben Franklin was inspired divinely

My faulty memory ascribes the reference to Nostradamus' verse which includes the description of a "blue turban".

It depends how you define "morals." I think that in these discussions, people often use the term to describe an abstract set of ideas about right and wrong, and also as a label that encompasses anything that governs human behavior. I don't think that there are many people out there who are arguing that morality, when defined as an abstract set of ideas about what's wrong and what's right, is genetically programmed. When you define morality in this way, it clearly doesn't make sense to describe the set of instincts that govern the behavior of social animals as "moral." That's obviously not the case, and it doesn't even make sense to discuss the "morality" of involuntary behavior in non-human animals when morality is defined in this way. What people do often argue is that the instincts that shape, inform, and in many cases govern our behavior have deep evolutionary roots that predate our existence as a species - much less our capacity to speak or engage in abstract thought - by hundreds of millions of years. Lust, hate, envy, malice, anger, fear, joy, trust, suspicion have all been with us since times long before we had the capacity to recognize them, much less describe them in abstract terms and assign them to particular moral categories. The same is true for virtually all human behaviors that we subject to moral evaluation. Abstract notions of morality influence human behavior in a manner that extends beyond our instincts, but they certainly aren't the source of those instincts. It's not for philosophy alone that we don't eat our children. Apparently, you discard G-Spotter's contention of extra-instinctual behavior in non-humans; I believe you're wrong. All that's required for executive, non-instinctual brain function is the presence of a frontal cortex: Humans ~ 30% Chimps/Apes ~ 15% Canines ~ 12% (some) Birds ~ 7% Cats - 0%

Well, it must be true. After all, it is on the innernut.

I hate niggardly monkeys.

Good thing the tykes weren't acting niggardly

What nice substance did you dose while dozing?

As is related in the New Testament, a similar question (your first) was put to Christ as, "have you come to abolish The Law?" His reply was that he had come, not to abolish, but to "fulfill The Law". I referenced this in an earlier post where Paul tries to explain this concept in the book of Romans. My understanding (presently, somewhat blurred by a goodly portion of superb chilled Hornitos Anejo) is bound in the concept of "abiding in Christ" - a term and concept, I believe, universally fucked-up, OK, misunderstood in its explanation by modern Christian apologists. For me, this is of the most salient notions woven through the great religions of this world. To "abide in Christ" requires one to assimilate, own, and position oneself mentally, in the understanding of the irrational teachings of Christ: "worry not about tomorrow (the next moment)", which allows for "judge not lest ye be judged", which allows for "Love (trust) the Lord your God ( a concept that requires its own treatment)with all your heart, soul, and strength", which ultimately allows for the most difficult of human actions: forgiveness. In short, when one "abides in Christ", The Law, its correlative judgments and consequences, are no longer taking up mindspace - acceptance (Love, Devotion, and Surrender) and "doing the next thing" are the train of thought. When you're flowing while climbing, skiing, fucking, running, fighting, kayaking, working, watching, etc., or, in other words experiencing "time flying", you're "abiding in Christ". Of course, in other religions, this is construed as "being in the moment", "being here now", etc. It is the habit of perpetual meditation or, "praying without ceasing". It is at odds with our rational mind, which provides balance of necessity, but constantly fights to hold total sway. It is at the root of the Taoist saying, "invest in loss". I think of it as the appropriate application of judgment. Ie, when cabinetmaking, I can appropriately judge when I set out to determine a measurement. I inappropriately judge (lose the flow, lose the momentum and focus) when I waste time beating myself (or another) for a "wrong" measurement. History of the spiritual genealogy of the "faith", for one reason. Also, as a consequence of chronology, all of Christ's scriptural references are there. But, of the greatest importance, in my understanding, is that the foundation of the understanding of this religion is in the paring together of the two "testaments"; primarily, the New Testament (the words "in red") with the first book of it all, Genesis (specifically, the third chapter). ALL OF THIS, OUR NOTION OF GUILT AND CONSCIENCE, WHAT WE'VE CODIFIED AND LEGISLATED INTO LAW, WHAT FRAMES OUR INDIVIDUAL AND/OR COMMON NOTIONS OF "RIGHT AND WRONG", THE WORD (OR USE OF THE WORD) WE HATE, IS "sin". Such a diminutive, three-lettered, low-Scrabble-score, throw-away, archaic, culturally anachronistic, word. Fuck it. Who needs the bullshit? And, yet, it's there. It's always there. Wrongly (I believe), we associate it with "wrong". And, since we all know "wrong" is subjective, we relegate the term to esoterica of puritanical culture. But, it remains, potent; for a mysterious reason. Genesis says "sin" entered Man when he ate of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The source of every last human's malleable idea of Good and Evil. The bottom line of why we all can't "just get along". The lie at the time, was so that one could be "like God". The mistaken, fallacy-rich, idea that one's own framework of "Right and Wrong" is supreme. The "Fall from Grace". The Return to Grace: instead of abiding in the Genesis-described Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, mimicking and perpetually continuing the mistake of the first Adam (and Eve, we're all in this together, my lovelies), the "Christian" abides in Christ (w/o judgment), and the Tree of Life, in which "The Law" and "sin" are forever absent. Well, I've finished the bottle of primo tequila, and so, I really don't care what heat I take for expounding (perhaps, "pontificating" is appropriate) upon my gleanings of world religions. I'm sure the light of day, coming soon, but not to my eyes, will have me wishing less or more. Fuck it. To bed.

Mortgage Bankers Association has problem affording the financing of its Washington headquarters.

For Olympic athletes, the political shit runs downhill.

My idea of the modern Jew is more consistent with that portrayed by Meital Dohan in a cable show running currently: Hot, Ex-Israeli military, bad-ass.

...but, not always free in deed.

Now that's kinky. I'm free indeed.

The experience of those, such as I, that "are free indeed" is due precisely to "allegories, parables, poems and myths", not bullshit worldly legalism that Paul addressed in Romans and subsequently described as "milk" for babes of worldly understanding; what he described as "meat" is chastised here by Ingersoll. No doubt, Ingersoll is one that finds comfort in chanting trance-like, "Jesus...Jesus...Jesus..." unendingly, while seeming oblivious to the fact that Jesus is recorded as having taught almost exclusively in allegory and parable and is recorded as stating his mission was (through his allegorical teachings) "to set the captives free". You are free in the way that dogshit is also free. Just look at yourself! You were set-up perfectly to deliver a backhand smash of "AND WHO IS DELUDED" but, you blew it. tsk, tsk, tsk

Explaining further to you may be as casting a pearl necklace upon a swine.