Originally Posted by stevie

What is so strange about this?

Originally Posted by Black Francis

Ever heard of Epicureanism?

you should give it a shot, it's one of the most logical and liberating philosophy of life i've ever heard.

Epicureanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i don't agree wholeheartedly with it, but i do find it's a very peaceful mindset.

"For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy, tranquil life, characterized by ataraxia—peace and freedom from fear—and aponia—the absence of pain—and by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends. He taught that pleasure and pain are the measures of what is good and evil; death is the end of both body and soul and should therefore not be feared; the gods neither reward nor punish humans; the universe is infinite and eternal; and events in the world are ultimately based on the motions and interactions of atoms moving in empty space."

Originally Posted by Stonedtone

I was raised heavy Catholic. I knelt by my bed when I was a kid. I do believe in an after-life, but not a god. I absolutely experienced it with my ghosts. I don't believe in heaven nor hell. I think souls all go to the same place. You can see those that left before you. Some don't want to go, so stay as spirits. Where you go isn't determined by how good you are.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

you should try worshiping this snake from australia.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.