Another good quote today by Stephen Fonnesbeck.
"The whole fantasy of virtue as it's applied to sexual virginity is more important in the church than, moral excellence; goodness; righteousness; conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude or just simply not being a lying cheating bastard. No, with the church, it's all about SEX! As if sex is the end all be all of morality. When ever I hear the word morals spoken of by anyone in the chruch, they are automatically talking about sex."
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Uniforms
In regards to the Mormon Church's dress codes I saw the following quote by Matt Elggren:
"The uniform for men is an expression of their alignment with authority. The uniform for women is an expression of their submission to authority."
"The uniform for men is an expression of their alignment with authority. The uniform for women is an expression of their submission to authority."
Monday, January 3, 2011
Shekhina
Back in 2009 I had an interesting experience.
Here is what I wrote last night about the experience.
February 28th 2009 I attended a spirituality retreat out side of Las Vegas at the Methodist Potosi Pines camp. First thing in the morning I got up and took a short walk and did a little meditation. Breakfast was at 8:30 and I met the others in the main building and had a nice relaxing breakfast.
At 9am the program started. Soft guitar music and a slide show presentation where given to help set everyone in a restful mood. The slides were of flowers and really did help. After a bit I closed my eyes to sit and listen to the music. Some people sang and others sat quiet.
While sitting there and moving into a meditative state I began to think about G_d and how I had problems with him. For quite a while now I have been angry with G_d and his absent father motif. As I sat I had an ecstatic experience. I saw a woman approach and knew immediately it was the Shekinah. I could see myself below and she was in the air above me as I looked on from the side. She did not speak a word but held out her hand to me. She was wearing a white or off-white flowing gown that looked almost like a medieval cotehardie. She looked like a northern European and I noticed she had medium blue eyes and a slender face with a small nose. As far as I could tell she also had blonde hair. I wondered at the time why she would not have looked like she came from the Middle East.
As I looked at her while she held out her hand I could see her face clearly and wished I was a good enough artist to draw it. The whole scene was very peaceful. I know in real time it took very little time at all but while in the state it seemed to go on for quite a while until the vision faded.
What it all meant I'm not sure but will be meditating on this experience to find what meaning it has to offer.
Here is what I wrote last night about the experience.
February 28th 2009 I attended a spirituality retreat out side of Las Vegas at the Methodist Potosi Pines camp. First thing in the morning I got up and took a short walk and did a little meditation. Breakfast was at 8:30 and I met the others in the main building and had a nice relaxing breakfast.
At 9am the program started. Soft guitar music and a slide show presentation where given to help set everyone in a restful mood. The slides were of flowers and really did help. After a bit I closed my eyes to sit and listen to the music. Some people sang and others sat quiet.
While sitting there and moving into a meditative state I began to think about G_d and how I had problems with him. For quite a while now I have been angry with G_d and his absent father motif. As I sat I had an ecstatic experience. I saw a woman approach and knew immediately it was the Shekinah. I could see myself below and she was in the air above me as I looked on from the side. She did not speak a word but held out her hand to me. She was wearing a white or off-white flowing gown that looked almost like a medieval cotehardie. She looked like a northern European and I noticed she had medium blue eyes and a slender face with a small nose. As far as I could tell she also had blonde hair. I wondered at the time why she would not have looked like she came from the Middle East.
As I looked at her while she held out her hand I could see her face clearly and wished I was a good enough artist to draw it. The whole scene was very peaceful. I know in real time it took very little time at all but while in the state it seemed to go on for quite a while until the vision faded.
What it all meant I'm not sure but will be meditating on this experience to find what meaning it has to offer.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
A Saying of Buddha
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
-The Buddha
-The Buddha
Friday, October 1, 2010
Great new word
1. godshopped
October 1, 2010 Urban Word of the Day
The manipulation of scientific data to provide evidence for intelligence design.
Example:
Did you watch that beautiful episode about intelligent design?
Yeah, as usual, the producers totally godshopped all the complex images of nature and left out rational explanations provided by evolution.
October 1, 2010 Urban Word of the Day
The manipulation of scientific data to provide evidence for intelligence design.
Example:
Did you watch that beautiful episode about intelligent design?
Yeah, as usual, the producers totally godshopped all the complex images of nature and left out rational explanations provided by evolution.
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