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The Voice of Time wrote:Is boredom a kind of necessary punishment to encourage creation?

You must have been bored out of your mind to come up with such a boring question. LOL

. .................................................. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ik3kUfNvHtM/TZL4_jwp_TI/AAAAAAAADfU/0BjWTfHuOu8/s1600/PillsHead.jpg either way, its called judging which is a sin for that is playing God who is judge. We love ourselves to the point of idolatry; but we also intensely di...

Truth about oneself is what many disregard and yet it is the most important truth one can see about oneself in order to overcome the fallen self that are the cause of most problem in life. Pascal once said that many suffer needlessly because they can't sit still. If they could, most of their proble...

I have pest contrrol. Lol

Hammock wrote: I've reflexively helped more insects out of water containers they fell into (etc circumstances) than I'd care to remember. I dont kill flies, spiders, ants, if they are in the house I catch them and take them outside. When I visit the pet store, to buy for my various dogs, cats, bird...

The Voice of Time wrote:What's a soul? That's another theistic mystic term you'll have to bring down to the Earth for me.

I am a christian that has had spiritual experiences.
whats a soul?
A Soul is the part that GOd has breathes into us. If you dont have a soul, May GOd help you.

Madera wrote: Pride cometh before the fall Doom does not only mean that bad things can be expected, it is a pessimistic and defeatist attitude to think in this way, that all things come to an end, irrespective of whether or not they will. Schopenhauer's view on life, it is better not to have been b...

Have you gone from despair to overcoming the cause behind it? Madera There is no single cause for logical despair (see my last post prior to your post), except the category of bad things that threaten your future and which aren't solved for, where logical despair can be infinitesimally small, or in...

Have you gone from despair to overcoming the cause behind it? Madera There is no single cause for logical despair (see my last post prior to your post), except the category of bad things that threaten your future and which aren't solved for, where logical despair can be infinitesimally small, or in...

i think where it becomes unhealthy - and detrimental to the people involved - is when the twins' world becomes limited to just themselves - where they think they do not need, and do not seek out relationships with other people and if in that situation something happens to one of the twins that is t...

yes i am being serious here.you swat a fly does it the fly you swated go to heaven.i reckon it does but what do you reckon. Everything is of the spirit, including the flies. So yes, there is an afterlife for them. But maybe there could also be reincarnation, too. I guess the answer to your question...

I agree about not being controlled by your thoughts, and how you can watch them flow instead of "jumping" into them...but that wasn't really what I was talking about in my post. :) It was more about how thoughts can influence reality (though what you said does have a bearing on the issue)...

jackles wrote:a fly dosnt choose its relativity to the event.but a human does.

you didn't answer my question.
does a fly have a soul? Only souls go to heaven.

But doesn't thought influence reality? What you think does impact how you feel about something. The bible tells us to take every thought. Thought is not trust worthy so how can it influence reality? Thought can impact how you feel, some can cause frustration, worry, doubt, it can also tell you how ...

Hi kayla, I hope all works out for you. I always see something that is sticky in some situations, sorry about that, I dont let a stone unturned. I believe you may be too close to your brother. One day, you will see it for yourself. (I dont like to be too emotionally attached), it is not heallhy. One...