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    ... does not require your worship or your attention.

    ... imparts no wisdom or guidelines for behavior.

    ... has no verbiage to remember or preserve or distribute, which is just as well, because verbiage and its attendant folkways only occur in some of the habitats and venues throughout the Cosmos.

    ... is content to abide, just so, without ambitions or expectations, although of course things do happen somehow anyway.

    ... by any other name would do and be the same.
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    @caesar-salad said
    ... does not require your worship or your attention.

    ... imparts no wisdom or guidelines for behavior.

    ... has no verbiage to remember or preserve or distribute, which is just as well, because verbiage and its attendant folkways only occur in some of the habitats and venues throughout the Cosmos.

    ... is content to abide, just so, without ambitions or expectation ...[text shortened]... though of course things do happen somehow anyway.

    ... by any other name would do and be the same.
    Sounds pointless.
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    @caesar-salad

    . does not require your worship or your attention.

    ... imparts no wisdom or guidelines for behavior.

    ... has no verbiage to remember or preserve or distribute, which is just as well, because verbiage and its attendant folkways only occur in some of the habitats and venues throughout the Cosmos.

    ... is content to abide, just so, without ambitions or expectations, although of course things do happen somehow anyway.

    ... by any other name would do and be the same.


    Let's you sleep with your girlfriend with no problem in the conscience.
    Real popular and likable.
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    @divegeester said
    Sounds pointless.
    Christianity- you can do whatever you want and you will be forgiven 🙄

    Wow what a perfect and easy religion ðŸĪ”

    Pointless.
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    @Patzering

    Christianity- you can do whatever you want and you will be forgiven 🙄

    Wow what a perfect and easy religion ðŸĪ”

    Pointless.


    Wow. Astronomy. What a perfect and easy science. All you have to know is - "Twinkle, twinkle little star."

    Pointless.
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    Thanks...now I'll have that song in my head all day. ðŸĪŠ
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    @Patzering

    Christianity- you can do whatever you want and you will be forgiven 🙄

    Wow what a perfect and easy religion ðŸĪ”


    Chess is a perfect and easy game.
    Wow, all you have to remember is to place the pawn right side up on the board.

    The rounded head makes hard to do the it the other way.
    And Bingo! You've mastered chess !
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    @patzering said
    Christianity- you can do whatever you want and you will be forgiven 🙄

    Wow what a perfect and easy religion ðŸĪ”

    Pointless.
    Ummmm, not exactly.

    Easy for the ignorant, maybe.

    Maybe this is why most Republicans claim to be Christian.
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    @caesar-salad said
    ... does not require your worship or your attention.

    ... imparts no wisdom or guidelines for behavior.

    ... has no verbiage to remember or preserve or distribute, which is just as well, because verbiage and its attendant folkways only occur in some of the habitats and venues throughout the Cosmos.

    ... is content to abide, just so, without ambitions or expectation ...[text shortened]... though of course things do happen somehow anyway.

    ... by any other name would do and be the same.
    Who or what is Chirazolam?

    I'd say maybe cut down on the triazolam.
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    @divegeester said
    Sounds pointless.
    Seems dismissive.

    Have you ever reflected on your implied need for there to be a point?
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    @suzianne said
    Who or what is Chirazolam?

    I'd say maybe cut down on the triazolam.
    Chirazolam was just posited to suggest alternative ways of relating to the Divine even if still personified through the human story-making and story-seeking lens.

    P.S. -- it's not clear if you were joking with me in a friendly way or an antagonistic way re: triazolam.
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    @divegeester said
    Sounds pointless.
    Another response could be, and is, that there might not be a point, but in general there does seem to be a vector of development.
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    @patzering said
    Christianity- you can do whatever you want and you will be forgiven 🙄

    Wow what a perfect and easy religion ðŸĪ”

    Pointless.
    "The greater the sin, the greater the grace," as Rasputin liked to say. 😉
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    @caesar-salad said
    Another response could be, and is, that there might not be a point, but in general there does seem to be a vector of development.
    I particularly like this one from the holy book by Harry Nilsson:

    Finally, the two travellers reached what appeared to be the entrance to the Pointless Forest.
    It was a huge stony barrier with a small sign at its base which read '
    THIS WAY'.
    Once on the other side of the barrier, Oblio and Arrow had their first encounter . . .
    with the Pointless Man or the Pointed Man . . .
    depending on your point of view.
    You see, the Pointless Man did have a point.
    In fact, he had hundreds of them, all pointing in different directions.
    But as he so quickly pointed out . . .
    a point in every direction is the same as no point at all.
    And, speaking of points, I don't know if you've ever been to the Pointless Forest but a forest is a forest and one of the first things Oblio and Arrow noticed about the Pointless Forest was - that all the leaves on the trees had points and all the trees had points.
    In fact, even the branches on the trees pointed in different directions, which seemed a little strange for a Pointless Forest.
    And when the Pointed Man disappeared Oblio and Arrow were left alone wondering what to do next when suddenly, they were aware of a strange sound coming in from the north.
    And when they looked up they saw a giant swarm of bees headed straight for them.
    So, to seek cover they jumped inside a hollow log.
    But when the bees attacked . . .
    the log was jarred loose and it tumbled down a steep hill and careened and crashed into the base of an unusual rock pile.
    In fact, the Rock Man.
    And the Rock Man said, "
    Say - what's happening with you boys . . .
    it looks like you're pretty shook up, been goofing with the bees"?
    And Oblio told the Rock Man that they had been banished and asked him if this was the Pointless Forest.
    And the Rock Man said, "
    Say there's nothing pointless about this gig ...
    the thing is . . .
    you see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear - dig.
    Did you ever see Paris?" - Oblio said, "
    No". "
    Did you ever see New Dehli?" - Oblio said "
    Well, no". "
    Well that's it - you see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear", said the Rock Man and with that the Rock Man fell soundly asleep leaving Oblio and Arrow once again all alone.
    So they continued on through the Pointless Forest until suddenly, Arrow - who was running a few yards ahead of Oblio - disappeared into a bottomless pit . . .
    to the point of no return.
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