[Vision2020] Heirdoug's hero

[Paul Rumelhart]

Aside from the irony of jumping down someone's throat about spelling 
while mispelling the words "meant" and "altar", there is a lot of 
arrogance in this post.

I can be considered a pagan (it's complicated).  I've done the requisite 
christian-sanctioned praying, and felt no response.  This moved me to 
try other paths, and I have had success with various non-traditional 
methods of feeling energies and so forth, though having face-to-face 
chats with gods hasn't ever been a big goal of mine.  Just like in the 
military, I think it's best to go unnoticed most of the time.

This doesn't lead me to believe that christianity is wrong, however, 
it's just wrong for me.  I believe, basically, that the System is too 
complex for us to be able to easily understand.  Apparent paradoxes and 
contradictions only appear so because we lack the perspective with which 
to see the ways to resolve them.

I believe in the concept of the many-faceted jewel.  Different religious 
sects see different facets of the same thing, with more or less clarity 
of vision than others.  Individuals see other facets. 

Thus, mocking other's methods of worship is short-sighted as well as 
simply rude.  I'm assuming with no evidence to back me up that heirdoug 
has gotten some kind of response from *his* god.  If so, that's 
wonderful.  However, it's just plain arrogant to assume that people of 
other religions don't ever get a response from their deities.  Just my 
opinion, of course.

Paul

Not offended, just amazed at people's perspectives at times...

heirdoug at netscape.net wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: debismith at moscow.com
>
>"And I pray to my diety"
>
>Debie,
>
>First off I think you ment to say deity and not diety. If you mean to 
>pray to your "god" and not your south beach diet, let me help you with 
>your prayers...
>
>1. Prepare a place on a high spot and make an alter.
>2. Call on the name of your god from morning until noon saying, "O 
>Baal, answer us."
>3. Leap about the altar which you have made.
>4. Call out with a loud voice, for he/she is a god and should hear you.
>5. From noon until the evening, cry with a loud voice and cut and 
>tattoo yourself according to your custom with swords and lances until 
>the blood gushes out.
>6. When you have done all this listen to the silence... either your god 
>is occupied in the toilet or is on a journey or perhaps he/she is 
>asleep and needs to be awakened...
>7. Repeat steps 1-6 till you get an answer...
>
>lemeno, Doug!
>
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