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Originally posted by FMFyour contrubution matters to me.
Struth. I have taken refuge at Spirituality because Debates has become more US-centric than it has been for years. So, as a non-American who doesn't think that American Christians/Americans contemplating their own exceptionalism/victimhood (as no doubt some of the contributions will amount to) is an interesting starting point for a sermon with international, uni ...[text shortened]... r resonance, I will sit this one out if it's selected. Not that my contribution matters a fig.
I think insidents like the bombing of 9/11 are world wide, unfortunatly, so it wouldn't have to be just about america but about what people beleive or how they come to terms with what happened- must have something to do with how they feel spiritually.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by yo its meYep. I am sure it does. Can't be bothered with the in-crowdism of General. Sports and Culture are moribund. Debates is 'ooh-ah-this-hour's-poll-in-the-U.S.'. Might have to work on that novel! 😀
I guess it depends on how a poster went about the subject
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by DasaWhen the topic is set, why not offer a sermon based on Vedic teachings?
Without using the Vedic teachings in any discussion about religion and God there can be no discussion.
Any discussion about God, spirituality and religion that does not reference the Veda as authority is simply speculation fabrication and folly.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by FMFThere are no persons qualified to appraise.
When the topic is set, why not offer a sermon based on Vedic teachings?
I have already had experience with persons defending killing, and that life comes from a dead stone, and that dead bodies will someday jump from the grave, and it is these same persons who will offer to judge.
This is why any discussion must be referenced by authority but persons reject authority........... resulting in folly.
At the Court the cases are heard and the judgment is referenced by the authority of the law (law books)
Without authority the proposed discussion will be a circus.
If anything at all I could be the judge .......but I would be the only judge that respects authority so how would that fit into the scheme of things?
One judge and one authority.............but which nobody accepts.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by DasaHey man, I'm a judge so I would say your not going to get better than me for judging.
Without using the Vedic teachings in any discussion about religion and God there can be no discussion.
Any discussion about God, spirituality and religion that does not reference the Veda as authority is simply speculation fabrication and folly.
And because you say all religons and language decsend from the one scource (Vedas), then how can we NOT be talking about your faith as well.
Jus' sayin'
08 Sep 11
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Originally posted by DasaJust simplify and have a go. Or not. Don't waffle on about how Vedic teachings aren't being represented because , after all, you (rvsakhadeo and i) seem to be the only hindus here and we are definately in the minority.
There are no persons qualified to appraise.
I have already had experience with persons defending killing, and that life comes from a dead stone, and that dead bodies will someday jump from the grave, and it is these same persons who will offer to judge.
This is why any discussion must be referenced by authority but persons reject authority........... resu ...[text shortened]... into the scheme of things?
One judge and one authority.............but which nobody accepts.
C'mon, get into the spirit of it.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by DasaAmong regular posters here, I don't think anyone commands less respect than you, so I doubt you'd be accepted as a judge by this community. I could be wrong, I suppose.
If anything at all I could be the judge .......but I would be the only judge that respects authority so how would that fit into the scheme of things?
Without authority the proposed discussion will be a circus.
If that's how you feel, then I suggest that you don't offer a sermon.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by FMFIf persons want me to offer something up.......then I will.
Among regular posters here, I don't think anyone commands less respect than you, so I doubt you'd be accepted as a judge by this community. I could be wrong, I suppose.
[b]Without authority the proposed discussion will be a circus.
If that's how you feel, then I suggest that you don't offer a sermon.[/b]
If they don't then that's fine.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by DasaI think people here mostly post [or don't post] in an autonomous fashion. I think with your comments above, you've ruled yourself out, now, surely, even by your own explicit terms of reference. No? After what you've said, you seriously want people to approach you and tell you they "want [you] to offer something up"?
If persons want me to offer something up.......then I will.
If they don't then that's fine.
08 Sep 11
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Originally posted by DasaDasa, if you were judge would you pick a winner? I mean, would you simply dismiss all the posts due to the fact that they do not measure up to your standards and not pick a winner or would you do your job and pick a winner and explain why?
If persons want me to offer something up.......then I will.
If they don't then that's fine.
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by yo its meSince FMF dropped out and we did not hear from you, I decided to be a judge even though I would prefer to give a sermon. If you are in and if someone else would like to be a judge other than myself, then we would have three and I could give a sermon.
Hello! a message would have been useful!!!!
These are the sugestions I like so far that have been posted;
Originally posted by FMF
[b]"Parenting by couples with different faiths."
"At what cost does religion involve itself and disassociate itself from politics?"
"There must be more to life than this."
Originally posted by whodey ...[text shortened]... edit; and FMFs last one, that's a nice open one but could go in any direction.[/b]
08 Sep 11
Originally posted by FMFWhy did you drop out as judge?
Struth. I have taken refuge at Spirituality because Debates has become more US-centric than it has been for years. So, as a non-American who doesn't think that American Christians/Americans contemplating their own exceptionalism/victimhood (as no doubt some of the contributions will amount to) is an interesting starting point for a sermon with international, uni ...[text shortened]... r resonance, I will sit this one out if it's selected. Not that my contribution matters a fig.