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http://fluffybullet.blogspot.com/ ( 23 / female / germany )

I'm studying comparative religions, this does not mean I'm religious people! It means I'm a student of religions! A-also I'm a sugar shark?

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  • littlewolf wrote:

    I knew it was bad :). Mortal sin: grave matter, full knowledge, full consent. (And my mommy kept telling me it was a sin and not to do it!)

    It always amuses me that I get into all these knots despite being an athiest for the past three decades!

    Thanks for clarifying, hope you are having a lovely, lazy weekend!

    littlewolf :)

    Apr 13, 2008 08:48 AM
  • littlewolf wrote:

    Thanks for clearing that up - but, ummm, does that still make me a murderer confessed if I have slain with full knowledge, consent etc, cockroaches and spiders (They were in my bed! millions of them! It was my bed in my bedroom! I don't want to share!)

    Apr 13, 2008 08:22 AM
  • littlewolf wrote:

    Hi FluffyBullet,

    For some strange reason your comment disappeared? So here is the answer anyway :)

    FluffyBullet, the whole thing began this morning with a stupid question, and then I began to research, and then I got confused on lots of aspects :).

    So no reason to separate Catholicism from Christianity. The ones set down by Pope Gregory, I didn't really commit any/ that many, and the ones created by Archbishop Girotti required more . . . ummm . . . thought (read, still feeling guilty that am not doing enough awareness raising on said sins/issues nor actively doing as much as I honestly possibly could); so then I turned to the Commandments (also, I had used up all option spaces at this point) and was quite relieved to find out that I had broken quite a few of the ten commandments :).

    The 'worrying' bit was purely selfish :). I was hoping there would be at least one commandment that I had not broken (all this despite being an athiest!), but I am afraid I am guilty of spray - killing quite a few spiders and cockroaches and ants in my time. And then I was unsure of whether it applies to plants, in which case murderer to the nth degree, being a vegetarian . . . as you say, lots of different interpretations :).

    Apr 13, 2008 08:07 AM
  • appleblossombeck wrote:

    I really, really am. The RST dept. here is just two profs, and I have a class to both of them now and they're allowing me to keep one journal for both classes and are basing my grades on it. It's pretty radically awesome.

    Sep 15, 2006 12:27 PM
  • tita wrote:

    Hi. Seeing that your study concerns comparative religions, perhaps you're interested in this language-turned-to-religion subject: http://dearinter.net/question/295

    Sep 14, 2006 04:26 PM
  • eckmani wrote:

    Just saw your message with a question about what sort of religious experience I will study.... I won't center on Christianity. I am interested in all religions, and to be so exclusive would be kinda crappy. I have no idea, though, what will end up happening in my studies.

    As for the erasmus program, I am familiar with it, and it would be easier than going to America!

    Sep 13, 2006 05:59 PM
  • appleblossombeck wrote:

    Well, I think everyone got into the class thinking we'd be reading things like the Bible, the Qu'ran, maybe the Talmud, things like that. Instead what he's having us do is examine fictional versions of spiritual journeys. So some of the books we're reading are A Wizard of Earthsea, Zorba the Greek, 100 Years of Solitude, and Demian. It's a great class, very unusual.

    Sep 11, 2006 08:12 PM
  • appleblossombeck wrote:

    Right now I've got Classics of Religious Literature, which is mostly novels about searching and mysticism and so on, and also Art and Religion which is really challenging and fun. Previously I've had your basic intro for majors course and Religious Traditions of the West. What about you?

    Sep 05, 2006 11:37 PM
  • eckmani wrote:

    My favorite one to tell people when I tell them I got a BA in Religious Studies (well, really Comparative Studies with a focus in religious studies, but who's splitting hairs):

    "I studied all religions, not just Christianity!"

    Sep 05, 2006 12:35 AM
  • volpone wrote:

    Oops - false accusation... it seems you were just leaving a long and detailed comment...

    Sep 04, 2006 04:11 PM
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  • in standards, FluffyBullet says:

    Depends... Sometimes it makes me nervous and sometimes not, depends on if I'm confident in my ability or not myself.

    Aug 03, 2008 11:21 AM
  • in Answer when you get back, FluffyBullet says:

    I'm moving back to Sweden and have been depressed saying good bye to everyone...

    Jul 27, 2008 10:23 AM
  • in Post-Online-Dating Etiquette, FluffyBullet says:

    yes, why not? I mean, I wouldn't expect any partner of mind to give up friendships with past girlfriends or dates just because of me. but maybe that's just me...

    Jul 11, 2008 06:15 AM
  • in Kitty! Off the table!, FluffyBullet says:

    aw, kitties are adorable! especially when they're trying to climb up your legs as you're pouring your morning coffee in your silk pjs...

    Jul 10, 2008 05:41 AM
  • in the life of mani, FluffyBullet says:

    Well, you are not wrong... However, the Manichaean concept of the soul has little in common with what we would consider a soul, it's a material substance, part of the original man that was swallowed up by the dark and his divided between living things to trap it in the dark forever. If you succeed in purifying your soul from the dark it will eventually return to the light, but it's not an eternal version of you. It actually has nothing to do with you as a person. If you don't purify your soul you will be processed, divided and turned into new living beings, all with their own identity and souls, further trapping the light. Darkness, that is evil, isn't so much our material bodies as our desires, lusts etc.

    However, since this particular branch of religious crazy hasn't really been around for a few hundred years I suppose it's not all that relevant!

    Jun 19, 2008 05:58 AM
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