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totoneila on February 23, 2006 - 1:24pm

I try to be colorful so that the images stick in people's minds. Hopefully, readers will use my examples to help convince others to start their own Powerdown process. The forum goal of Yahoo:AlasBabylon is to not have boring postings: besides discussing all the bad news we strive to achieve some level of literary endeavor.

Institutional religion is just the actionated creation of the higher brain's functions having to much idle-time. Here is a Google Video link of formerly devout Texas Baptists converting to Islam [best if you have hi-speed connection]:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9184353144432289069

All people of any faith should be asking themselves: why does my brain make me act this way, and can I mentally rewire it to see my actual reality?

Bob Shaw in Phx,AZ Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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step back on February 23, 2006 - 4:12pm

If it's good enough for Texas,
It's good for me.

(After all, Texas was first to go into decline.)

Oh Lordy, Make Me a Muslim.

TotoNeil, thank you for bringing the word of Allah to this infidel's tongue. Praised be his name and pass the peas. Good video !!!!

BTW, can you recommend any decent discount-burkah shops for after when the SHTF?

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Agric on February 23, 2006 - 9:15pm

I fundamentally disagree on your assessment of institutional religion: I perceive it as a predominantly power and control process which has no contact with or purpose towards anything like truth.

To all people who seek truth and faith I would say: why be deluded by others' supposed truth which they clearly use to manipulate you rather than question and seek your own understanding of truth?

I do agree with your comment on brain wiring. We should all strive to understand how we are wired to distort our perception and do our best to correct that so we might begin to see for real.