"Do not pass by my epitaph, traveler.
But having stopped, listen and learn, then go your way.
There is no boat in Hades, no ferryman Charon,
No caretaker Aiakos, no dog Cerberus.
All we who are dead below
Have become bones and ashes, but nothing else.
I have spoken to you honestly, go on, traveler,
Lest even while dead I seem loquacious to you."
Take these words as a warning. Spend not a moments more time on the useless circular reasoning of spiritual exploration. Live life for yourself and those you hold dear.
Originally posted by Hand of HecateReligion isn't all about the everafter. You miss the point if you think that. That's what cults teach.
"Do not pass by my epitaph, traveler.
But having stopped, listen and learn, then go your way.
There is no boat in Hades, no ferryman Charon,
No caretaker Aiakos, no dog Cerberus.
All we who are dead below
Have become bones and ashes, but nothing else.
I have spoken to you honestly, go on, traveler,
Lest even while dead I seem loquacious to you. ...[text shortened]... circular reasoning of spiritual exploration. Live life for yourself and those you hold dear.
Originally posted by Hand of HecateUtter rubbish.
"Do not pass by my epitaph, traveler.
But having stopped, listen and learn, then go your way.
There is no boat in Hades, no ferryman Charon,
No caretaker Aiakos, no dog Cerberus.
All we who are dead below
Have become bones and ashes, but nothing else.
I have spoken to you honestly, go on, traveler,
Lest even while dead I seem loquacious to you. ...[text shortened]... circular reasoning of spiritual exploration. Live life for yourself and those you hold dear.
Are you suggesting the flying spaghetti monster doesn't exist?
Originally posted by Hand of HecateSpirituality is just as much about the here and now as it is the future. If I found out there was no God tomorrow it would still be hard for me to think of my spiritual journey as even close to a waste.
"Do not pass by my epitaph, traveler.
But having stopped, listen and learn, then go your way.
There is no boat in Hades, no ferryman Charon,
No caretaker Aiakos, no dog Cerberus.
All we who are dead below
Have become bones and ashes, but nothing else.
I have spoken to you honestly, go on, traveler,
Lest even while dead I seem loquacious to you. ...[text shortened]... circular reasoning of spiritual exploration. Live life for yourself and those you hold dear.
Originally posted by Hand of Hecate"Live life for yourself and those you hold dear."
"Do not pass by my epitaph, traveler.
But having stopped, listen and learn, then go your way.
There is no boat in Hades, no ferryman Charon,
No caretaker Aiakos, no dog Cerberus.
All we who are dead below
Have become bones and ashes, but nothing else.
I have spoken to you honestly, go on, traveler,
Lest even while dead I seem loquacious to you. ...[text shortened]... circular reasoning of spiritual exploration. Live life for yourself and those you hold dear.
And how better to do this than to acknowledge that we are created in the image of God? Miss this and you will spend the rest of your life searching for, but never finding truth.
Originally posted by josephwi believe its the other way around.
[b]"Live life for yourself and those you hold dear."
And how better to do this than to acknowledge that we are created in the image of God? Miss this and you will spend the rest of your life searching for, but never finding truth.[/b]
Can there possibly be any point at all to this perrenial argument? When all the usual insults, accusations, and rebuttals have been hurled across the dividing line, all the protagonists will still ineviteably cleave to the same opinion they started with. What a waste of such impressive debate from such convincing oratory. If only it had a hope of going somewhere.