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  1. I Am Hugh

    Ask the Staff Anything About RF

    Where in the world are my drafts? I'm looking all over the place and can't find them anywhere. Now where did I put those?
  2. I Am Hugh

    You're sugar and Spice and everything nice, huh? Thanks for the encouragement. I appreciate it.

    You're sugar and Spice and everything nice, huh? Thanks for the encouragement. I appreciate it.
  3. I Am Hugh

    Christian Lingo

    I'm sorry, I've read it and it doesn't help at all. I have no idea what it means. Perhaps you could elaborate. Keeping in mind, I'm just giving you my understanding, I'm not negating anyone else's.
  4. I Am Hugh

    Judging a Religion

    I'm rarely certain. Certainty is more often than not stagnation in the learning process. Hmmm. I think it unlikely, because, as I've said, it (Greek psyche) is just a word. It's a question of what it means, the etymology more than the common or traditional definition. The same word for...
  5. I Am Hugh

    Judging a Religion

    I think so, yes. The immortal soul from Socrates/Plato. Now, the thing about that is, mythology and the syncretism of religion can be a convoluted subject. The Greek word psyche, is, after all, just a word. With various applications and meanings. And as mythologies, philosophies, doctrines...
  6. I Am Hugh

    Christian Lingo

    Deeper? I'm afraid not, other than explained to @Shadow Wolf. Perhaps you could give me your own understanding and I will see that. Arguably I see there being a possible interpretation that the kingdom of heaven, God's kingdom, will, eventually include both heaven and earth. So, the word heaven...
  7. I Am Hugh

    Judging a Religion

    What follows is the way I see it. My opinion. I typically am not conversant with modern day Jewish or Christian traditions unless they are introduced to me as I see them conflicting with the Bible. In 332 BCE Alexander the Great was taking over his known world and when he got to Jerusalem the...
  8. I Am Hugh

    Christian Lingo

    The Bible is like most things, it is viewed as mythology. A collection of stories - as Paul said, Greek mythos; Latin fabulus. Myth, fable (2 Timothy 4:4) Most people tend to think it is an analogy for good vs. evil. I think of it more like Wikipedia. I try not to consciously memorize scripture...
  9. I Am Hugh

    Judging a Religion

    I personally judge a religion first by its original teachings, and then, as much as possible, by how it has been corrupted through the appeal of the masses. Shinto, for example, I judge the best in the latter sense because it has been the least corrupted over time. Taoism, Judaism and...
  10. I Am Hugh

    I truly hate to say this

    My idea of someone who's cool, is someone who is ingenious. innovative. creative. inventive. Like Bob Dylan, Jesus Christ, Musk, Zuckerberg, Nikola Tesla. Fonzi, not so much.
  11. I Am Hugh

    I truly hate to say this

    I find this terribly fascinating. My sister, who is only two years older than me and who was one of my best friends, apolitical the same as myself, from our teen years until when GW Bush was president when she suddenly dramatically transformed into someone who blames all of her problems on...
  12. I Am Hugh

    I truly hate to say this

    Ahhhhh! I get it now, it's a political thing. The big left vs. right, liberal vs. conservative, Demoncat vs. Repugnican, Divide and Conquer thing. He stole one of the left's big censorship technocracy platforms.
  13. I Am Hugh

    I truly hate to say this

    I honestly can't imagine how there could be anyone, in the entire world, that has an internet connection, not being familiar with Zuckerberg and Facebook. Learn something new every day.
  14. I Am Hugh

    I truly hate to say this

    Musk as a thief is as new to me as Zuck as cool. Just out of curiosity, how is Musk a thief?
  15. I Am Hugh

    I truly hate to say this

    I've heard Zuck called many things, but cool is a new one to me. To each his own. Now, Elon Musk - I could see that, though honestly, cool isn't an attribute I think of as desirable.
  16. I Am Hugh

    Christian Lingo

    I understand what is meant by the colloquialism, but I don't agree that it is supported by scripture as it is intended. God created heaven for spirit beings and earth for earthling man. The meek shall inherit, what? Not heaven. It seems to me that the expression isn't in line with Jehovah God's...
  17. I Am Hugh

    I'm here to learn

    I completely agree. The ideological politicization of religion. along with its syncretistic compromise, has been the downfall of organized religion. Politics, science and sexuality as well. Live and let live has become, increasingly, perhaps, the sin of life. Also, as a gay person myself, I had...
  18. I Am Hugh

    I'm here to learn

    Correct. I'm neither anti-religious, anarchist nor libertarian. I am simply without an organized religion or politics. I don't vote, don't put trust in mankind to solve the problems of mankind. I obey the laws of government unless they present a conflict with God's will. My position...
  19. I Am Hugh

    I'm here to learn

    The praise of dogma, like the science of ideas - glory to theology and knowledge of ideas. Sort of superfluous?
  20. I Am Hugh

    I'm here to learn

    Your collective variance in the adherence as well as deviation from the traditional is precisely what draws me here. And a sense of humor certainly helps. :cool: Thanks for the welcome.
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