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Re: Deceived by kindness and love

Posted by goth88 on January 08, 2003 at 22:08:49

In Reply to: Deceived by kindness and love posted by Donny on January 08, 2003 at 12:02:04:

When I am reading this, I am thinking something I have often thought, and that is that every extremist religion has their miracles that validate for them that they are the chosen, the only ones, the best ones, and so on. And there are things done in ritual (whether united prayer, dancing and singing, communications) that just feel so right. I guess that is why there is so much war still waged over religion, or people blow themselves up so they can go to their heaven and have their virgins waiting for them.
I am just trying to stay very simple right now. I have no clue what God is or isn't. And that is okay. I remembered that letter "Lovelight" when reading what you wrote. we were well taught in the fam. cult to exude that warmth and sincerity. I think I shone the most after about a half of a fifth of Vodka or a bottle of Port...