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long_fong

Pantheism

Jul 06, 2004 12:56

I am convinced that much of teenage and suburban depression is a direct result of Christianity and Islam or any religion that focuses on the afterlife. When we see our home as being a place we must die to go to, it makes this world seem bleak and foreign- manifesting feelings of isolation and alienation. However, I do not believe in any afterlife ( Read more... )

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anonymous July 11 2004, 22:09:08 UTC

"O Fortuna"
("O, Fortune")
fr. Carmina Burana
(c. 1230)
Language: Latin

Translation:

O Fortune,
just as the moon
you vary your state
always increasing
or decreasing; 5
the detestable life
now difficult
and then easy
with your games sharpens
poverty,
power 10
dissolves like ice.

Often great
and empty,
your revolving wheel, 15
an evil state,
vain health
always dissolving,
concealing
and veiled 20
you also strive for me
now by game,
a lost shirt
I guiltily take because of you.

Often my health 25
and my virtue
are now contrary for me,
affected
and defective
always in torment; 30
In this hour
without delay
take the pulse of my heart,
which through fate,
she overthrows my strength: 35
weep all of you with me.

I found this one day and i thought it was great, and it just felt fitting when i was all drepressed a couple days ago.

-- Zim

I disagree anonymous July 15 2004, 09:09:51 UTC

I disagree it has to do with all the time spent with computers, video games, and tvs.

Re: I disagree long_fong July 24 2004, 19:11:08 UTC

i wasn't saying it is the only reason, or that it is the same for everyone. I was just saying it is one possible reason. I do agree that those 3 are big problems too...but i'll be damned if i am gonna give them up.

Re: I disagree anonymous July 27 2004, 12:16:56 UTC

If your theory were to be correct there would have been more depression at times when religion was at its height, I don't believe you would find statistic uphold your theory. There are many reasons for more depression today but it has more to do with a basic disconnecting of personal interactions.....you used to live your life in 5 square miles and know everyone you spoke with......now I would not wish to go back to that kind of life because there is much to be gained by our ability to "see more of the world" however somewhere along the line we disconnected with people.......we don't care what they think, or how they feel, we no longer put on any guise of politeness for politness sake we just say FU and if you don't like it too bad the funny thing is that in some way when we do these things is seems to reflect back on us and have some sort of negative effect call it karma if you wish.... it has to do with the fact that we are all connected in some way....I can't tell you to believe in an afterlife but I can personally assure you there ( ... )

long_fong July 31 2004, 01:25:42 UTC

I wouldn't call it the force . I would call it a manefestation of a necessary emotion that is collectively present inside human beings. I have for the last few years since reading up on M-theory/ "Advanced SuperString theory" believed that one of the main functions of religion, explaining creation, can finally be explained by science. The Ultimate Multiverse is a multidimensional thing. And because our mind lives in a 3-dimensional world, it thinks in a 3-d sense. Creation, if there is a need for it, is something that must have happened in a 4+dimensional state. Because we cannot even grasp the 4th dimension, we cannot possibly hope to understand creation ( ... )

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