Originally posted by @fmfWith the exception, of course, his belief in the non-existence of altruism.
No one has ever suggested that divegeester's beliefs "need to be left alone".
We've collectively tucked that one away on the back shelf, behind the hacky sack and that signed photograph of Chesney Hawkes.
Originally posted by @fmfAnd why is that, pray tell? Have you ever confronted him on his beliefs, after confronting others incessantly? Why not?
No one has ever suggested that divegeester's beliefs "need to be left alone".
Moreover (and regardless of your eagerness to derail a question not asked of you, when you can't even answer direct questions put to you), the question was asked of divegeester, because the answer to that specifically relevant question, given from his own viewpoint, contains the answer to his own question.
You are the ever-present derailleur in this forum, an abandoned wheel-chock left in the middle of the runway.
Originally posted by @suzianneWhy should sonship's beliefs be "left alone" on a debate and discussion forum?
And why is that, pray tell? Have you ever confronted him on his beliefs, after confronting others incessantly? Why not?
Moreover (and regardless of your eagerness to derail a question not asked of you, when you can't even answer direct questions put to you), the question was asked of divegeester, because the answer to that specifi ...[text shortened]... ins the answer to his own question.
You are the ever-present derailleur in this forum.
29 Aug 18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeHey, I remember that hamster! It owes me 1200 pounds!
Am obviously not a believer in reincarnation, but there are actually some interesting (and difficult to explain) accounts of people remembering previous lives, and not the lives of queens or Napoleon and the like. I recall a documentary of a family accepting a stranger (a child) as their reincarnated grandfather, due to the specific memories and inf ...[text shortened]... which would explain why I have absolutely no recollection of being a hamster.
Mm, cheese...
01 Sep 18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeBut isn't that a major point of reincarnation? Karma? Pay off debts that you accrued in past lives?
Unfortunately sir, debts are not transferable across incarnations.
Originally posted by @tom-wolseyOf course. That’s why that hamster came back, as a GoaD. He just doesn’t know it yet. The unfortunate thing is, I have to keep coming back until he figures it out.
But isn't that a major point of reincarnation? Karma? Pay off debts that you accrued in past lives?
01 Sep 18
Originally posted by @moonbusThe only thing I remember sir, from my hamster days, is stuffing my cheeks full of cheese.
Of course. That’s why that hamster came back, as a GoaD. He just doesn’t know it yet. The unfortunate thing is, I have to keep coming back until he figures it out.
Maybe (just maybe) I also recall borrowing three shillings from a chap with big ears and multiple chins, but how that accrued to 1200 pounds over several incarnations is beyond me.
01 Sep 18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeInflation. Duh.
The only thing I remember sir, from my hamster days, is stuffing my cheeks full of cheese.
Maybe (just maybe) I also recall borrowing three shillings from a chap with big ears and multiple chins, but how that accrued to 1200 pounds over several incarnations is beyond me.
02 Sep 18
Originally posted by @tom-wolseyThe major point of reincarnation is in fact human arrogance, that we would be so highly thought of by the gods, whatever THEY are, that we are given special treatment over the animals who presumably don't have this magical ability to pollute yet ANOTHER time and space over the original.
But isn't that a major point of reincarnation? Karma? Pay off debts that you accrued in past lives?