Perhaps their sin was agriculture?? See a somewhat related thread... (I'm not sure I totally buy my own premise, but it's an interesting (at least to me, Sandy thinks otherwise) proposal.)
Interesting ideas on here. I particularly like doppleganger's interpretation, as I've often wondered...
I was being quite loose with my definition of "sin" in the above, and I did not clarify that. I'm not certain of your interpretation of the word either, but suppose for a moment that I am right. Certainly a life closer to the bosom of the land (god) than we currently live would facilitate a...
Thanks for the feedback Phil. I agree with you wholeheartedly that there are ways in which we are ill-adapted to modern society. Lots of psychological studies about the affect of multimedia on child development bears this out. There seems to be at least some evidence that information overload...
Growing up basically as a biblical literalist, I knew what to make of all the stories in the Bible. They were just what they said. However, since growing older and changing my mind about the literalness of the Bible, I don't know what to make of some of the stories in the Bible. There is no...
Just popping in, as I've been away for quite a long while. Work is great, but keeping me too busy to check in here regularly.
I am helping out with the senior high RE class this year, but I'm still feeling them out and I'm a long way from comfortable yet. Thankfully, the man who's been solely...
Defninitely agreed. If it hadn't been for a Methodist minister that told me that he didn't believe Buddhists would be condemned to hell, I may not have ended up here at all.
My wife and I joined our UU church largely to offer our son a broader Religious Education than we could individually give him and expose him to a variety of people with a variety of beliefs. We got the added benefit of having our assumptions challenged every week, as well as fellowship with...
The new folks are a mixture of people new to the area, some of whom were UUs already, and people who just heard about UU and decided to try it out. We run adds in the weekly "arts and entertainment" paper, spots on the NPR station on Friday afternoons, and a few other forms of advertising all...
I led our "New UU" class (membership orientation) last night and really really enjoyed it. It's always great to have new people coming in and here their stories. We've grown a lot in the last year. I've just been attending a year, but it's been a big one. If all of this current class joins...
What he said. I don't have a daughter, but regularly shower with my 4yo son (a few times a week, maybe). He loves to shower with me like a "big boy". He showers with my wife on occasion too, though not as frequently. He occasionally makes a comment about some part of our bodies, but it is with...
What a FANTASTIC post PureX. Thanks so much for that. It succinctly stated so much that I've understood, but never been able to articulate. Awesome. I owe you frubals, as I can't get you again just yet.
Great choice! I hadn't thought of any of the Beatles or related songs, but you and Tigress are right about them, they have a lot of good ones. We sang "Imagine" in church last summer, and I've always found that one to be a great vision of what could be.
Paul Simon - Spirit Voices
(I cheated and used Google... I've never heard the song, but it sounds worth looking into.)
Ok, this one's probably totally obscure, but it's some of my favorite surrealist lyrics, so here goes...
Little red feet with big blue toes
Let me put my hand inside your...
Only one of many of my favorites, but lyrically, the single most reflective of my philosophy:
Closer To Fine
I'm trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
The best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously, it's...