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  1. Jainarayan

    Did Jesus Christ Actually Exist?

    He didn't. It was only in a vision/hallucination. I believe that is what Paul used to justify usurping the primacy of Peter and spreading his version of Christianity; actually Paulism, which is what it remains today.
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    What "if" you are wrong

    Doesn't matter? :o What about all the pain it's caused people? The violence, oppression, suppression? Doesn't matter? Religious and political leaders have used "doesn't matter" for two millennia to oppress and punish, and massacre people. Doesn't matter that something that isn't real has been...
  3. Jainarayan

    President Joe Biden Declares Easter Sunday As Transgender Day Of Visibility

    You do understand that not everyone believes in your God, right? Nor do they believe in your Bible. Nor do your God or Bible have any authority over the rest of us or over the US. The US is not a Christian nation, never was, never will be. And lest anyone trot out the tired "The US was founded...
  4. Jainarayan

    Destruction?

    I don't like the word destruction either. I correct people when and as necessary. It smacks of wanton random destruction for its own sake. I tell people he does not go around blowing things up for kicks. I use the example of a star dying. It's old and worn out. Its death and destruction creates...
  5. Jainarayan

    Hanging Stuff

    My husband insists on covering just about every square inch of walls with something ... family pictures, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana. I told him that in the new apartment ... "NO!" It's not going to look like the Louvre. We're going to wall mount the tv to save floor space. I...
  6. Jainarayan

    Asking for help - a Gofundme for moving.

    Thanks. :) I mean at night when the lights are off. Why turn on the lights when you can walk into and trip over things? :D
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    Asking for help - a Gofundme for moving.

    Oh it is awful! I don't sleep very well, as much as I try to remain calm. I think what bothers me most is the way she came over that night and stood outside on the patio screaming at me and berating me. I didn't escalate it but my thought is "Who the **** are you to talk to me like that? Who do...
  8. Jainarayan

    Asking for help - a Gofundme for moving.

    Thanks for the bump. I don't want to be presumptuous and do it myself. So where were we? Ah yes... I've been in touch with some state agencies that render financial assistance. They can help with the security deposit and/or first month's rent. We saw some suitable apartments. It's just a...
  9. Jainarayan

    Differences

    That's really all they are ... beautiful, to be sure. People use the term "authoritative" to describe the Vedas. But they are not that, they are not laws, commandments, or such. That's the Dharma Shastras. Even then the DS are so outdated as to be, without being disrespectful, almost laughable...
  10. Jainarayan

    Aren’t we all really worshipping the same God?

    It's not as far as I'm concerned. Even I conceded that. Worship is not the same nor is the understanding, interpretation and/or view of God, which is different among different worshipers. The (in)correctness of those interpretations and views, and worship are subjective. Actually I think it...
  11. Jainarayan

    The Bhakti Thread

    oṁ śrī kṛṣṇāya namaḥ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya oṁ namo nārāyanāya oṁ śrī haraye namaḥ twameva mātā ca pitā twameva twameva bandhus ca sakhā twameva twameva vidyā dravinam twameva twameva sarvam mama deva deva oṁ sarvam śrī kṛṣṇārpanamastu ॐ hariḥ oṁ tat sat ॐ Before playing...
  12. Jainarayan

    Is rock music "dead"?

    All very true, which is why I admit it might be my biases towards what’s familiar to me. What we remember and forget is, I think, what stamps music as “good” or “bad”. Time is sort of a sifter… what music will be remembered or forgotten.
  13. Jainarayan

    Is rock music "dead"?

    I don't think there will ever be another Beatles (group and solos), Stones, Aerosmith, Seger, Dylan, Clapton, Presley, Berry, et al., or 50s-80s decades, the height of rock 'n roll and classic rock. I don't think anyone today can come close to their achievements and innovations. Of course, this...
  14. Jainarayan

    Aren’t we all really worshipping the same God?

    That sounds very much like Deism, with the exception that most deists don't pray (though some do), believing that God doesn't interact in the world anymore, having created it and stepped back to let it run.
  15. Jainarayan

    Aren’t we all really worshipping the same God?

    I believe so. The Rig Veda, the oldest and one of the most sacred Hindu scriptures says ekam sadviprāh bahudha vadanti sat=truth [is], ekam=one only, vipraaha=the enlightened/wise, bahudhaa=in various ways/by many names, vadanti=describe. Truth is one. The wise describe it in various ways...
  16. Jainarayan

    Asking for help - a Gofundme for moving.

    Oh yes, she will get hers. Especially as she escalates this. She filed a claim in court that the rent wasn't paid. But I have the bank confirmations by email and reflected on my account that the transfers/transmissions to her were successful. So, she filed a false claim. If and when it goes to...
  17. Jainarayan

    Asking for help - a Gofundme for moving.

    Just an update... I've made contact with some state agencies that exist solely to help residents, any age, with security deposits, first month's rent, and possibly ongoing rent subsidies. We probably qualify for the security deposit and first month's rent because of our income and situation...
  18. Jainarayan

    GoFundMe - Help Our Boys Thrive

    A little bit added. We don't currently have a lot, but people here have been generous with my Gofundme, so it's only fair to help someone else. Edit: I just read through the rest of the thread. I'm so sorry for your loss.
  19. Jainarayan

    Time Dedicated to Worship/Prayer, Meditation, and/or Silent Contemplation

    My little daily puja takes about 10-15 mins., so that's a little over an hour to an hour and a half per week. But I also spend random amounts of time random times during the day in contemplation. I don't do any kind of formal meditation, since I can't focus like that. So I can't assign an amount...
  20. Jainarayan

    Darshan

    True, it's not required in everyday use in English. I'm being pedantic. However, it is the nominative form in Classical Sanskrit. In Vedic Sanskrit the form was Kṛṣṇas (I forgot if Viṣṇus is correct or not). Kṛṣṇas tu Bhagavan svayam. Krishna is God Himself. Again I'm being pedantic. :D
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