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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (1265)	9/30/2000 11:44:34 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 28931

How we think is how we act. Let us think tolerance and peace. I was talking to my wife about this... If I want a world with more reason, I should act with reason. The very process puts more reason in the world. Most of us want reason, but that is not universal. I was in 6th grade and a kid took a disliking to me. What precipitated this? I used the word "automobile" instead of "car". The person felt I was being intellectual. His family didn't like people who thought they were too smart. Gee, I didn't even remember saying the word and thought, how odd. I believe the reason given was genuine because he was in my classes on and off for 6 years! He was definitely not the brightest crayon in the box - angry at smart people "who thought they were better 'n him". By thinking such thoughts he created the reality. I wave at the migrants on my mountain biking route. They are riding their own bikes to their job at the winery. It started with a polite nod. Then a deeper more familiar nod. It now involves speaking "Hello!" and a wave and smile. We see each other every day. If I want to live in a world with respect, I think I should start off that way. I guess I could have started by flipping them off, but that wouldn't have produced the desired effect. If I ever fell, or needed a hand, I now know that these people would recognize me and help me. And the opposite is true. I'm hoping that I'm making their day more pleasant and by treating them with respect, we create a rapport. Both mainstream and extremist religion have that same problem, IMO. If you aren't part of it, you're "not one of us", but what "we are fighting". See, there I'm doing it again, speaking in that impersonal we. I don't feel this way, but I can see and understand that others do.

To: Solon who wrote (1265)	10/1/2000 3:00:55 AM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 28931

You know, it is not unexpected when people drop into the thread with strong emotion and resentment. I know when I drop into a little neighborhood bar in say, oh, some college town , "You know, I've never seen such a bunch of stupid looking, in-bred hicks posing as college students as I see in this place" that while anyone already in the bar could probably say it and get a laugh, that maybe if it's the first thing I say when I walk in the door, I get my butt kicked. Attitude is everything. I kid you now about your degeneracy, but it would be rude to do that my first day in school, huh? Rudeness bothers me - gentle ribbing is funny and builds bonds. I wasn't mean about Greg's hunting - I poked a little fun at him with the wrestling analogy, but I didn't want to do any harm to him. I think if I was an American Indian and I didn't like hunting, I'd go work for the Medicine Man. Every tribe needs one of those. Or I'd make arrows and spears. I'm good at that kind of stuff too. I don't mind if others want to hunt... just won't do it myself. I might point out some of the issues with it once in a while just to respect the Spirit of Brother Elk. Some people think that there are no rules on the internet. Well that's kinda true, but that doesn't mean there are no consequences. That is the nature of the Universe. Filled with consequence. God likes it that way.