I am strongly inclined towards a belief in previous lives. I have had numerous deja vu moments concerning soldiers and teenagers on horseback. I am a city boy, never been on a horse in my life.
Their sheer nastiness and irrationality make them bed-fellows of a kind but beyond that, there are huge differences.
No misogynist would dream of, far less plan, administration, military forces, and camps for the extermination of women. Equally, I cannot imagine any racist pursuing, marrying...
I would like to add a few comments to the story. When such nastiness rears its ugly head it can make you see the recent past in a new and very disturbing way.
A mutual friend once confided to me that he was rather disturbed by the way our friend often made jokes when seeing TV reports of sex...
In this case, it was his sister too. She was widowed, had two young children and was suffering from a serious illness. When he lost his home due to mortgage arrears, he moved in with her, allegedly to care for her. She told me what was happening and a later chat with their lodger confirmed it...
I was interested in the thread by @Debater Slayer, about finding out a friend is a racist. A similar question came to my mind. What would you do if you found out a friend was violent towards women?
It happened to me, and to make it worse, it was my best friend, a man I had known for around 30...
But we in it shall be remembered;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother.
(King Henry, Act 4 Scene 3)
After many years, this can still send a delicious shiver down my spine. Pure genius.
I totally agree with the comments of @ChristineM in post 2. I used to do work with a charity that brought me into contact with people suffering from mental illness. During training, the teacher gave us a quote to remember, "Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics move into them." In the...
Let us say that Jesus said o.k. do not pay taxes. The Romans go along with this and now they can't pay their troops. So some other group take over or there is conquest from outside., and you can bet they will demand taxes.
Of course the Romans would not have gone along with it. There would have...
I am sure that many religions and systems of thought teach things that you would not consider true, so its not just a problem with new age. Try not to be so attached to the label, it is your beliefs that are important not the packaging.
I found this online and instantly loved it. I hope you like it too.
Give thou thine heart to the wild magic,
To the Lord and the Lady of Nature,
Beyond any consideration of this world.
Do not covet large or small,
Do not despise weakling or poor,
Semblance of evil allow not near thee,
Never...
I have come across a similar theory. I used to visit the sessions of a spiritualist group. One evening I was listening to Sam, the founder of the group in discussion with a long term member. The member had at a seance been contacted by a "spirit" and had obviously told Sam about this at an...
My grandfather, an uneducated but highly experienced and incredibly decent man, was a large influence on my life. I am not trying to belittle him, but please be aware this info came from conversations towards the end of his life.
He spoke of socialism, he was a lifelong supporter of the Labour...
To be honest, it has been disappointing. Posts 7 and 10 pretty much sum it up for me. On the OBOD forum, I started a post about the fact that I had never met another Druid. I live in London which is the capital of a fairly crowded island. I had some expectation of somebody/group saying hi, let's...