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  1. Gjallarhorn

    "Live like you're dying" and "what you are in the dark"

    I may have started a thread about this before but here it goes again. How someone acts when they know they're doomed and how they act when they're unobserved are supposedly the purest examples of character, but are they? Living like you're dying poses a lot of issues towards character...
  2. Gjallarhorn

    A very important announcement!

    From this moment onwards "LHPer" is to be pronounced mentally and verbally as "Leper". Thank you. :run:
  3. Gjallarhorn

    Anyone play/ed Dungeons and Dragons?

    My friends and I have been playing for years now (but have never really broken past level 5, due to restarts). Just started into the newest edition and we are loving it as well. Anyone here cool enough to know what a d20 is? What are some of the best, worst, or weirdest experiences you've had...
  4. Gjallarhorn

    Atheists are Total Pansies

    The Calladus Blog - Fresno Atheist: Nonbelief, Skepticism, Progressive Issues and the Debunking of Pseudoscience Pretty? Pretty awful? What's your take? EDIT: I immediately regret not putting this in the higher Non-Theistic/Non-Religious Beliefs DIR. Any mod/admin wanna lend a hand?
  5. Gjallarhorn

    Just what exactly is the Great Work?

    I've started looking into the alchemical Great Work and frankly I'm a bit lost. At best I can tell they are about 3 major phases and that Citrinitas is sort of undefined. Nigredo is the Dark Night of the Soul/confrontation with the Shadow, Albedo appears to be some sort of "table of...
  6. Gjallarhorn

    Righteous Indignation is an excuse

    No seriously, can anyone really argue that righteous indignation is anything more than anger? The only time I ever hear the term used is when someone is trying to justify a lapse in moral integrity. Can we call it "righteous misdirection" when we lie to someone "for the greater good"? Can...
  7. Gjallarhorn

    Fun with semantics...

    So, here's the challenge: what is the most specifically defined word (almost to the point of irrelevancy) and the most vaguely defined word? And no, they don't have to be actual words. Go!
  8. Gjallarhorn

    Magical elitism

    So, I frequent a Wiccan/pagan/general magic chat group and I've noticed a trend of "us vs. them" and magical elitism. When asked to even define magic people are met with rambling sermons on the beautiful danger that is magic, how sacred it is and how it's only attainable for a select few...
  9. Gjallarhorn

    Born under a bad sign, anyone? (Astrology)

    Just wanted to know how many members here actually fit the personality detailed in their astrological sign. As a Libra, I sure don't.
  10. Gjallarhorn

    The Force as Existentialism/Absurdism (Jedi Realism)

    "There is no Death, There is the Force" "The Force is Life" Bear with me. I've tried writing this all out before and it's just too scatter-brained to do in one take. In Jedi "mythology", the Force is a mystical power that binds everything and is responsible for life "as we know it". It is...
  11. Gjallarhorn

    Are the "Keys of the Kingdom" really that special?

    "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Isn't this just Jesus's "do unto others" comments rephrased? “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you...
  12. Gjallarhorn

    Can Buddha laugh? Or can Buddha never stop laughing?

    HowStuffWorks "What's Funny?" If Buddha has no preconceptions, and rebirth no longer occurs, can Buddha laugh?
  13. Gjallarhorn

    70-72 Nations and Angels: Michael and the Explicit Name

    I have read that in Jewish tradition there are either 70 or 72 "nations" which came of Noah's family. I have also read that there are guardian angels appointed to these nations, Michael included, and that it is said that Michael is the only one which has remained pure. Is there any...
  14. Gjallarhorn

    Why do you wear your tinfoil hat? (Flowchart inside)

  15. Gjallarhorn

    Equality of Faculties

    I have seen people who, in response to the statement "all men are created equal", support this claim on the basis of competitive balance: that a strong person must inevitably be dim-witted, that a genius must inevitably be physically weak (oh how they love that Hawking), that a rich person must...
  16. Gjallarhorn

    Nesra/Nasr

    Didn't really know where to put this, but I figured I'd ask: anyone know anything religious/historic about the Arabic god Nesra/Nasr? All I can find is that it's a vulture-god, or related to a vulture. Anything else survive the eras?
  17. Gjallarhorn

    So, I'm "disgusting".

    At my workplace, I know there is a lot of bigotry. I've heard "Aren't the Mormons and JWs a cult?" and "I just don't like it when black people look at me", but today it hit home. One of the guys I work with was standing on one leg (It was 1 PM and he had been standing since 8 AM) when a...
  18. Gjallarhorn

    Belief in the Trinity

    I've noticed quite a few people nowadays rejecting the Trinity doctrine. Just wanted to know how prevalent it is here on the forums.
  19. Gjallarhorn

    Does enlightenment require study?

    It might just be a difference of definitions, but do you believe enlightenment as you define it to require reading, or study, or even learning? Why or why not? And for that matter, how are you defining enlightenment?
  20. Gjallarhorn

    Is this a fair and honest representation of Paganism as a whole?

    Now, I have been specifically told that this does not signify Wicca, but in fact all Pagan religions. Given the statement contained within, does this truly correspond with all Pagan religions?
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