Re: a comment on 10/8 by cronus	9-Oct-05/6:46 PM
Yes, try reading the sad ones.
Re: The Enigmatic Pentagram by ObsequiousGem	9-Oct-05/6:42 PM
New age thought or wicca, symbolized by a pentagram, always leaves me wondering if I'm on the same planet.
Re: Keep on Going by april fool	9-Oct-05/6:38 PM
The conclusion does not follow from the premise.
Re: a comment on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy	9-Oct-05/6:36 PM
I would agree that the crux of religeon as a worthy calling is gut feeling. But the crux of any specific religion is taking the word of someone, and that is what I'm calling faith.
Re: a comment on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy	9-Oct-05/6:32 PM
We have faith in God because we are built to have such faith. It's scarinbgly true, and leads to all sorts of deception. Too many people tell us to have faith in this god or that, and only because of some vision or supernatural knowledge they claim to have. Such people are easy to refute. Yet, we remain convinced of God's existance. Go figure.
Re: a comment on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy	9-Oct-05/6:24 PM
No, that's not religion or philosophy. Yet some people have included it there. Okay, why not?
Re: a comment on Gnarly Knees by Dovina	9-Oct-05/6:17 PM
Then I will assume he means it in an adoring way, of course.
Re: a comment on Gnarly Knees by Dovina	9-Oct-05/6:23 AM
And I know what you mean by "adventures," you naughty man.
Re: a comment on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy	9-Oct-05/6:20 AM
What if it feels right and also makes sense? Then you have the ultimate.
Re: a comment on Gnarly Knees by Dovina	9-Oct-05/6:18 AM
Yes, may it all come true. Trouble is my knees are smooth now, having given up all that rough soccer and all. Hiking and biking are still good though.
Re: a comment on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy	9-Oct-05/6:15 AM
The King language does that to people. Perhaps the Greek meant something like "Faith is the knowldege that what you hope for is really true." Moldy food is seldom hoped for, but an afterlife is, and so is a god in control of things, so these are the things people have faith for.
Re: a comment on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy	9-Oct-05/6:08 AM
Therefore, philosopher = religious, because X could be a philosophy.
Re: 10/8 by cronus	8-Oct-05/12:54 PM
Another God-hating poem written by a sadsack who thinks God has dun him in. Not that different from some of David's poems.
Re: a comment on Sex Object by Dovina	8-Oct-05/12:47 PM
I title that confusionism, written by double-talkist. I write poems like I do - of course. I don't write like everyone else; and sometimes I do something different. So there's nothing to wish on me in this regard.
Re: a comment on Why I’m Homeless by Dovina	8-Oct-05/4:17 AM
We love you that way.
Re: a comment on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy	8-Oct-05/4:16 AM
Even the Bible agrees: "Faith is the substance of things hoped for."
Re: a comment on Sex Object by Dovina	8-Oct-05/4:13 AM
You have titled me as both sexist and denyist. I should call you a titlist, but such exchanves are futile.
Re: a comment on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy	7-Oct-05/3:39 PM
Surely I do not jest! Jesus' apprehension was not faith; it was a gut feeling, which is different. Faith is taking someone on his word. If it starts from within, then it is not faith, but inner persuasion. I'm not just argueing definitions, it's the crux of religion.
Re: a comment on Why I’m Homeless by Dovina	7-Oct-05/3:30 PM
Punctuate, don't punctuate - : Can't you ever be consistent?!:-
Re: a comment on Sex Object by Dovina	7-Oct-05/3:29 PM
I'm neither maleist nor feminist. Is a 5 a no-vote? Just say yes.