god_and_man Mushroomman And Man made God in his own image, and they saw it was good 010810 ... The Truth "We are not humans put on this earth to have a spiritual experience, but rather spirits put on this earth to have a human experience." - amorufs 010810 ... Mushroomman And man took all the virtues, and gave form to Their god And so the man declareth unto the people, This is the only way to get into heaven and if you don't do as i say, then you will be sent to burn in eternal flames, this scared people, so of course, they belived and worshiped, does going to church do anything for you? does it move you, or does it strike fear into your soul that you will go to hell for jerking off 10 times a day? what is really important is what happens inside of you, when you Feel close to the spirit or the love even "the force" whatever you call it, theres not much difference.. some people use ritual in their practices, chanting, prayer, burning a leg off of your desk at work (not recomended, of course) it's all very personal, i go out during the full moon, and break off a leg from my boss's desk at work, and i travel to my temple in my underground cave, next to my batmobile garage.. and i set the desk leg on my non-virgin altar, douse it in Gasoline and set it on fire.. i do this every week to celebrate the mass hystaria of those who cannot run around naked wearing latex gloves on their feet. 010810 ... Musroomman The only truth that exists, is in ourselves and eachother...... don't ask me to explain myself.... it would be too complex for human understanding 010810 ... Weed Eater Actually, psychological and socialogical studies have found that people who go to church are more successful, better communicators, have stronger relationships, lead more fulfilling lives, require less therapy, commit less crime, enjoy life more, and have higher EQs then people who don't. Not that you don't bring up valid points, it's just that I thought these statistics may interest you. 010810 ... kingsuperspecial spoken like a true church goer. typical smoke and mirrors, the answer without any ties to reality, facts with no context, sort of like the goodbook of greatstories who did the study that you refer to? care to document these "statistics" I wonder what the count of chuchy types is when it comes to: commiting incest cheating on your taxes voting for G.W. lying to your loved one's fucking chickens being a flaming hypocrite boring the shit out of me produce some sources for your "statistics", or you're really nothing more that an articulate bullshitter like myself. what I like is how the churchy types use multiple identies to say the same touchy feel re-hashed bullshit from nine different angles. hey, as long as you're fooling youself, what else matters, right? sort of fits your whole faith/religion thing like glove, doncha think? 010810 ... kingsuperspecial We are not sexual on this earth to have a nekkid experience, but rather nekkid on this earth to have a sexual experience. 010810 ... kingsuperspecial We are not obnoxious on this earth to have a shit-raking experience, but rather we are shit-rakers on this earth to have an obnoxious experience. 010810 ... kingsupernotpaste! We are not paste! on this earth to have a cyper_hooker experience, but rather we are vanderfooken on this earth to have an easy_bake_oven experience. 010810 ... kill me please We are not stupid on this earth to have a drunk experience, but rather we are stupid on this earth to have a drunk experience and drink and be stupid and all the faith in the world won't really save you, but dream on, baby. 010810 ... Mushroomman yes... a lot of people who do go to church can become more sucsessful... part of it may be, that they have found what they are looking for in that paticular part of their life, so they can concentrate their efforts in other areas... me i have found my answer (or so it will be called)... after years of struggling with what i thought i belived and such... Now i can look to things like my career and my relationship with my girlfreind, instead of spending my energy on being completely confused with everything ...... :o) 010810 ... Mushroomman I'll drink to that, kingsuperspecial Maybe on the average all those things could be true... but the average does not include Everyone... and how could you possibly do that anyhow? .... oh yeah... Fuck mormons just because..... i used to be one.... so i gots the inside info.... i left a few years back.... and those people keep calling me and knocking on my door..... Goddamnit 010810 ... paste! did i suddenly become an adjective or am i just syntactically_whisked? 010811 ... those post ziggy blues no_confession no_religion don't believe in modern_love 010811 ... kx21 There is a saying that to know the_string_Between_Man_and_Woman is more complex as God and Man... Is it true? Why? 010811 ... Mushroomman We are not rehabed on this earth to have a coke_head experiece, rather we are coke_heads on this earth to have a heart attack expireince. 010811 ... kingsuperspecial sorry. too much booze. 010817 ... seriously moonlit no_confession 020903 what's it to you? who go blather from