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Yeah, no pressure to be as long-winded... erm I mean verbose... erm whatever... as I was.  We're happy to hear from you or to let someone else go. It's up to you buddy. 
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My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!! |
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10-26-2004, 03:53 PM
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Oh there's retribution...
 Just kidding! Lizra's my buddy. I'm curious to know the 'why' as well, but bear in mind that 'it has always been so' is a perfectly good answer to 'why?'.Sometimes, that's just how it is. Or we could explore more in depth... the detail is up to the Hot Seater. (We'll be back for you Lizra, in 100s of pages, when everyone starts going again... bwahahaha! I mean... uh...)
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10-26-2004, 04:07 PM
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BTW, who does want to go next? - I should really have a person "on deck", as the baseball saying goes, so we don't waste time and let the thread languish while looking for the next person. Volunteers?
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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10-26-2004, 04:13 PM
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I think it is Finrod Felagund.
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230 |
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10-26-2004, 04:23 PM
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Finrod, is that OK with you?
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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10-26-2004, 06:39 PM
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If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do." |
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10-26-2004, 06:44 PM
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If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do." |
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10-26-2004, 07:05 PM
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well that is totally opposite to my beliefs but its your turn, *shaking head*... Would you say because you have never questioned your beliefs that you have lived an ignorant life? does that not scare you one little bit?... Lin mentioned the "good" life on the other page, and i had to study various philosophers conceptions on it for the first half of the year, so im curious what is the "Good" life for you? Also one more question, why Catholicism over a less fundamental broader interpretation of Christianity, is it purely that it was what you were brought up with, have you ever disagreed with anything within Catholicism? thankyou
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10-26-2004, 07:14 PM
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But it is the way of my people to use light words at such times and say less than they mean. We fear to say to much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place. -Meriadoc Brandybuck Is there anything I can do that wouldn't inconvenience me?.-Adrian Monk Hogan: What's a definate factor that we can count on? Newkirk: We don't know what we're doing. Do you wanna split a pineapple? -Shawn Spencer |
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10-26-2004, 07:41 PM
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The "good life" to me would be (and is) having God in my life and serving Him as well as having friends and family. Well, I was brought up with it, and it all makes sense to me. I probably disagreed with some part at some time, but I can't think of anything. 
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But it is the way of my people to use light words at such times and say less than they mean. We fear to say to much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place. -Meriadoc Brandybuck Is there anything I can do that wouldn't inconvenience me?.-Adrian Monk Hogan: What's a definate factor that we can count on? Newkirk: We don't know what we're doing. Do you wanna split a pineapple? -Shawn Spencer |
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10-26-2004, 08:02 PM
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Meriadoc,
You have clearly examined your beliefs and grasp why they make sense to you and present them well for others. I think Millane's point about "questioned your belief" carried a sense of "thought they were erroneous". One needn't think that to examine one's beliefs one has to assume them erroneous. One need not be scared of the possibility that the Truth is in fact known to them. The unexamined life is not worth living was the correct statement, not the unquestioned life results in ignorance. The absolute value that all values must be questioned is itself questionable .
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Millane,
you asked, "now your turn whos quote is this "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies." " Off the top of my head, ... George W. Bush in regard to John Kerry?  
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I see I was mentioned in the first post
As Rian said, she was trying to lure me here. She mentioned only once that she was holding this discussion, and I guess it was working in my brain, as here I am, and you all seem to need a volunteer. So, I'm volunteering. I'm not sure what is required of me for this post ... I guess I should start with my religion. You may guess I'm a Buddhist, as Rian included me in the parenthesis next to "Buddhism" in her post. I am indeed very interested in Buddhism, and I have studied it, but I am not actually Buddhist, and I call Hinduism my home. You may thus refer to me as a Hindu I do not mean to say that I am "settling" for Hinduism, or that "Hinduism is the closest thing" to what I am. I mean to say that I am a Hindu. But to me, being a Hindu, or a Buddhist, or a Christian needn't come with all the preconceived notions bound up with the names. First and foremost, I am what I am. To me, this world, and life, and death, and holy books, and religions all come after. I believe that the only constant is that which you truly are, in your innermost, or highest, being. I am speaking of Truth, or Reality, the Ultimate Truth, the Ultimate Reality. You can name it what you want ("God" to me describes what I am talking about), I don't think the names matter.Nor do I believe that the method or religion by which you arrive at the Truth is ultimately important. One of my fundamental beliefs is that all faiths are equal. There is one Reality, and there are many religions, and I don't see this as a problem. I think anyone can realize the Truth, whether he or she be a Hindu, or a Catholic, or an Atheist. Well, forgive the long introduction, if it is long, I just want to present something that can give rise to enough questions.
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No questions yet. I'm admiring your writing style
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Why thank you Lief.
I should apologize to you for not responding to your latest e-mail. Sorry! Maybe this discussion will make up for that.
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