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  1. vulcanlogician

    Word association game

    Jester
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    Word association game

    art
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    Word association game

    Aid
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    Should I or should I not eat it?

    I would have eaten it. But I guess the consensus is: that'd be a bad idea.
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    Mother mary without sin?

    It's not necessarily a bad thing. All religions develop over time. It's a problem for those who posit these things as fundamental dogmas (ie. the perpetual virginity of Mary). But development over time also allows for a myriad of devotional practices to form. Marian devotion is a form of...
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    Star Trek Question: What is the most powerful thing you have seen the Q do?

    Not appear in an episode.
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    Mother mary without sin?

    The Marian traditions, quite like the Jesus traditions, developed over time. You start with one miraculous virgin birth. Then, as the centuries plod on, you eventually you end up with the Queen of Heaven and Earth whose virginity is perpetual and outlasts every age.
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    I Don't Know

    "The only thing I know is that I know nothing." --Socrates NOT KNOWING is just as much of a virtue as knowing. From a position of admitted ignorance, one can learn much.
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    Let's Talk About Kali

    It there a reference to Kali in the Rolling Stones icon? Or is that just you connecting the dots?
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    The "What are you listening to?" thread- Part 4

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    Let's Talk About Kali

    To me, Kali is a visceral and tactile representation of the Divine Mother (or feminine aspect of God). Pretty much a heavy metal version of the Catholics' BVM in terms of a devotional object. (I think, despite Catholic doctrines to the contrary, I think the BVM is an expression of the Divine...
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    [Allen] Ginsberg- corrected -

    He was influenced heavily by Buddhism. And perhaps he was a Buddhist. But he was an ethnic Jew. You can see the influence of Judaism in his works. Hell, Christianity probably influenced his work too. "Buddhist"--while accurate-- is also an inadequate descriptor of Ginsberg.
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    [Allen] Ginsberg- corrected -

    America America I've given you all and now I'm nothing. America two dollars and twentyseven cents January 17, 1956. I can't stand my own mind. America when will we end the human war? Go **** yourself with your atom bomb. I don't feel good don't bother me. I won't write my poem till I'm in my...
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    [Allen] Ginsberg- corrected -

    LOL. Yes, I misspelled his first name. I'm running on fumes here. Would you mind posting a favorite Ginsberg poem?
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    [Allen] Ginsberg- corrected -

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    Atheists believe in miracles more than believers

    Y'know, poets have both theists and atheists BOTH beat as far as belief in miracles goes: "To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle." --Walt Whitman
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    Does the internet change morality?

    Does the internet change morality? No. If something is morally wrong, it is wrong whether or not the internet exists. Does the internet change people's behavioral patterns and cause them to view their own statements in a different moral light? Yes. But now we're talking about behavioral...
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    "Love" - The Ultimate Love Song Collection

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    "Love" - The Ultimate Love Song Collection

    I love it! Clever lyrics. And perhaps they describe me a bit more than I'd like. The great philosopher Baruch Spinoza defined "love" as "Joy with the accompanying idea of an external cause." To me that seems like a wonderful line to woo the ladies with. (I wonder why he never got married.)
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    Lawful Evil is more Evil than Chaotic Evil. Discuss.

    Absolutely. My ethical thinking goes above and beyond the D&D alignment system. But the point of the thread is to have fun with ethics via using the D&D alignment system as a lens to discuss how one's disposition toward law and chaos interacts with dispositions toward good and evil. It's silly...
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