But I guess it depends what you mean by religion.
But I guess it depends what you mean by religion.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
(Mark Twain)
Whatever that means. [what the?]
*giving up on last desperate attempt to make this thread interesting. Abandoning all hope.*
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
(Mark Twain)
um, . . . you want to hear something interesting? FINE! but y'all can go suck a knuckle cun-t.
alright. did you ever stop to think about why it is that heaven is up and hell is down and why that might be symbolic? I'll tell you why. because thousands of years ago, before judaism, the old testament or anything else, the ancient egyptians were already practicing the ritual of saying prayers for the dead (the catholics would later parody this cultic practice), which also meant that they believed in paradise and eternal damnation. they believed that preserving the body after death was the only way to ensure that one would not simply fade out of existence. this, of course, was the reason for mummification in egypt.
the process entailed that all organs, including the brain, be removed. this reduced the amount of moisture in the body, though, there was one organ that they never removed. this was the heart, the center of man's consciousness. see, the egyptians believed that when you traveled over to the next life, the jackal god anubis would remove your heart and place it on a scale. on the other side of the scale was the feather of the goddess ma’at, who embodied truth and justice. if your heart was heavy with deceit, the scale would fall and you would experience the rest of eternity in unrelenting agony. if your heart was lighter than the feather, the scale would rise and you would join osiris in the afterlife. sounds familiar, right? we rise to heaven and fall to hell. that’s where the idea came from.
Last edited by star blue; 01-30-2004 at 01:27 PM.
do we get a dissertation on the easter bunny next?
got the hint. never mind; i'll shuddup
star blue, that's a good post. Do you happen to like egyptian mythology?
Ningún hombre llega a ser lo que es por lo que escribe, sino por lo que lee.
- Jorge Luis Borges
I do. I like several mythologies in fact. Egyptian included. I have a copy of the book of the dead, if that means anything.
Ningún hombre llega a ser lo que es por lo que escribe, sino por lo que lee.
- Jorge Luis Borges
Why's that?
Ningún hombre llega a ser lo que es por lo que escribe, sino por lo que lee.
- Jorge Luis Borges
You're right. But I'm still willing to be the first immortal (assuming of course that there aren't any).
Ningún hombre llega a ser lo que es por lo que escribe, sino por lo que lee.
- Jorge Luis Borges
Yeah, but I'm not too comfortable with the chopping heads thing. I think I liked the first one, but they made too many movies, they ruined the story. Anyway, Queen's songs were great.
Ningún hombre llega a ser lo que es por lo que escribe, sino por lo que lee.
- Jorge Luis Borges