lost highway

Wow. That was good. I asked only because the Burn to Shine crew documented the band at several shows, which seemed to be legitimate enough effort to warrant a new, official DVD (not a boot leg or an already existing dvd). I seem to recall someone from the crew mentioned a winter release (not sure there). Often with these things, the official word escapes the vault before it is sent. I was only idly speculating because I am a fan of the band and I was curious. Now after some snippiness the whole conversation seems silly. And no, I haven't gotten my answer, but I wasn't sure it was ther

I love how you get me. That is the one that I mean.

Hey, you're alright.

The one that they shot last. The one that's not out. Wiseacre!

When I left town for the weekend this thread was looking stimulating and respectful. It took a swing into a-hole territory. Oh well, people get touchy about this stuff.

Right, but what ever happened with the DVD?

Maybe so, but SBS wins (losthighway winces expecting beer bottle to fly towards his head).

I think so. In fact, I think Paul distorted the nature or Christianity quite a bit. Usually the more silly or disgusting things people call Christian strike me as being more Pauline than anything else. It's important to remember the Gospel as the 'good news'.

I think that's true.

I would argue that in general religion in the U.S. suffers from an overall lack of spirituality. This does not mean that it is not present, or that their are not deeply spiritual religious people in this country. I mean to say that most people that would check a box in a survey indicating that they are religious, likely a christian, would not walk through their day with any sense of illumination, or personal connection to the infinite. I have heard Christian speakers regard books like John's gospel as something to be taken with a grain of salt because it is so 'spiritual'. (look out!). A

The word soul implies something indivisible, immortal and having inherently personal characteristics. The Buddhist belief in the will to live and the energy, or Karma in a life force, could be compared to the Western conception of a soul, but in other ways is different. When you die you don't have an individual private soul that is reproduced in another life force, or on another plane. Instead, the inner substance that runs you is recycled into the universal, and impersonal mass of energy that fills all things.

Ah, but not necessarily this either. There are quite a bit of significant differences from sect to sect. The Therevada for example believe not in reincarnation but in rebirth. I will go as far as to say that rebirth is intended to mean something 'non-personal' unlike reincarnation. Secondly, the Tibetan Buddhists especially pay heed to a wide pantheon of Gods and supernatural figures, other sects contain stories, scriptures and folklore containing magical figures, except that I would project they are not regarded as literally as a Christian regards Christ, or a Hindu regards Krsna. Most

There is an outstanding essay by Albert Einstein regarding the relationship between science and religion. He wisely lays out, and separates, that religion and science are coming from two different directions, with two different goals. Using one to claim the other is false is misunderstanding the function of both.

Yeah, I guess with the somewhat limited discography of Nick Drake's and the pretty universal appropriateness it has for autumn throughout...... yeah Nick Drake. Good call. Byter Layer is great.

I'm gonna write that down and see if I can score a used one at the smelly old book shop. Thanks.

Oh, so many good ones: Jets to Brazil Orange Rhyming Dictionary PJ Harvey White Chalk John Coltrane Blue Trane Edith Piaf the Misfits Miles Davis Sketches of Spain Holopaw S/T Jeremy Enigk Return of the Frog Queen Wilco A Ghost Is Born Belle and Sebastian Tigermilk

These just happen to be three of my favorites.

Fucking great. Porcupine has gotta be the best. That guy belts it man. Whooo!

Their pastor is going to be livid.

Did someone make an atheism vs. agnosticism post ten or twelve pages ago? If not, I could get on it. I mean, you probably could guess what I would say, but if you're curious let me know and I'll drum it up sometime in the next couple days.

I don't understand why these things become mutually exclusive in these discussions. The discovery of a heliocentric solar system at one point was nearly as great a leap as any kind of 'genesis' revelation modern physics could some day conjure. I don't find any of these things to be at odds with a reasonable persons conception of God. If it is, they are horribly due for some metaphysical restructuring. In other words: Their idea of God is dumb. It's like those anti-evolution, don't believe in dinosaurs folks. They make God look so dumb. If you backlash everytime the universe presents k

God as a word is both easily refuted and horribly obeyed when defined in simple terms. I give the word a little more stretch than Christian-fundamentalists and Atheist-fundamentalists and I find it's a handy concept to meditate upon.

It's amazing what people don't realize about their favorite candidate. Any candidate that associates themselves with the Christian Right is absolutely ideological, or they're a phoney.

Is there not a difference between the liberal ideology's instinct to provide necessaries for every citizen and a pundit's interest in business growth and maximizing profit by designing tricky loans that uneducated poor people can afford to pay (until their payments baloon)?