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Jul 14 2009 ∞

on religion

  • Rae: Of course religion and science have harmed people, but they have also wonderfully helped people. I believe that people are motivated by different things and sometimes belief in the divine is necessary for moral actions.
  • Shez: I don't know how much religion has helped people, i believe that faith, hope, and love have helped people and that we hang those things on religion. I think religion can be a great channel for our better desires, but i have to ask is it worth the damage it's caused when those senses exists without it? Our natural moral sense may very well come from the divine, but religion is not the divine. Religion is a response to the thing that I believe separates us from the other creatures on this planet, our burning never ending desire to answer the question "why?"
  • Rae: I Love your sentence, Our natural moral sense may very well come from the divine, but religion is not the divine. It's brilliant. I think that sums it up very well. I think that when we get away from that is when we have problems.
  • Shez: Amen
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Mar 26 2009 ∞
“ When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.
— Audre Lorde
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Mar 18 2009 ∞
“ Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s
greed.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Dec 08 2008 ∞
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 Run D.M.C. pumped up my holiday spirit today

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Dec 04 2008 ∞
“ Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn’t necessary in a long term relationship. Just as the first caress can lead to a change of heart, the first sentence, however tentative and awkward, can lead to desire to go just a little further. All of us have a sex drive. All of us have a drive to write.
— Julia Cameron
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Dec 01 2008 ∞

Slate V - Presidential Pie  For years I’ve been saying sweet potato pie beats pumpkin pie any day of the week, it now has a presidential endorsement…

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Jul 01 2008 ∞

Take Five: A Weekly Jazz Sampler : NPR Music

Groovy new way to discover music.  I love the player, you can add songs and listen while browsing the web or baking bread

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Jun 12 2008 ∞
“ The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive and more constructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person.
— Dr. Frank X. Barron
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Jun 11 2008 ∞

I come from a multi-ethnic family, my father was Colored, my mother is Negro, my brothers are Black, and my nephew is African-American, according to John McLaughlin I have even more to be proud of…

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