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That's actually a truth, though it depends on what you call a flower, it could also be a weed or a blade of grass

I love that

It's going to be in the 90's here...Wanna trade?

This is kinda cool. (Plus I bumped the thread for Brezee)

Sumerian religion was polytheistic, that is, the Sumerians believed in and worshipped many gods. These gods were incredibly powerful and anthropomorphic, that is, they resembled humans. Many of these gods controlled natural forces and were associated with astronomical bodies, such as the sun. The gods were creator gods; as a group, they had created the world and the people in it. Like humans, they suffered all the ravages of human emotional and spiritual frailties: love, lust, hatred, anger, regret. Among the gods' biggest regrets was the creation of human life; the Sumerians believed that these gods regretted the creation of human life and sent a flood to destroy their faulty creation, but one man survived by building a boat. While the destruction of the earth in a great flood is nearly universal in all human mythology and religion, we can't be sure if the Semites had a similar story or took it over from the Sumerians. This is, of course, a question of contemporary significance: According to Genesis, the origionator of the Hebrew race, the patriarch of Abraham, origionally came from...(guess where?) the sumerian city of Ur!

I would agree about old Wikipedia, and most things there i take with a large pinch of salt, mainly because anyone can contribute to the subject and we all know how well informed the public are, don't we

The works of Zacharia Sitchin are well worth looking at if your interested in the origins of the gods, and if you want me to suggest more reading materials, just let me know, i have one of the finest library's on the subject anywhere, right here in the house!

There's lots of common ground in ancient histories around the globe, the great flood being just one of them.Anyone who takes the bible though as a historical document though probably isn't aware it's a series of amalgamated tales from lots of ancient belief systems, mostly pagan.

Thumbs up for a thread above the level of "my favourite sock colour".

Sh*t, that was going to be my next thread.....

I'm echoing that!!

Serenity, StressFree and esp. Goose for your very interesting, informative, intelligent posts so far

This thread makes you think......

Maybe we should start a thread about weird thread titles? You know, ones where a brain scan is required to be arsed to post on them

Other than one incident, thee two threads have been going how I planned them. From an academic viewpoint.

No "i'm right, you're wrong." It runs much smoother when people can read things without their Dogma attached.

That would be funny.....

And from your OP, Goose, I thought these two lines were especially pertinent as regards the various (esp. religious) threads.

I'm awaiting some of your insight on this Breezee

Thank you

Woops!!
I meant.....
Not many can do that!!!

Really don't understand what the big deal is.

Imo, if we can stay respectful, objective, relevant,open-minded, not threatened.... there is nothing we can not discuss!!

I have to admit Goose...It was a bit difficult to stay unbiased due to my background and studies over the years. Though I think we for the most part agreed to disagree on many of the aspects

Hi Serenity
I don't have too much insight to offer on this topic....
But the question of "god" and where we all came from, the spirit that seems to express itself though us, the how and why, the history of all pagan beliefs and newer religions, like Christianity/Islam have always interested me.
That's why I like these "religious/spiritual" threads. And wish people would stop cr*pping on them...

But I'm lazy about researching things myself. One of the reasons I'm so grateful to you guys....

Oh sure, make us do all the leg work.....

I've written a bunch of papers on this topic. It's good for a history lesson. Rather thatn rely on faith, I prefer fact, and proofs.

I respect those that have faith and can adhere to it (without preaching and attacking--cause I'll bite right back) But I for one, can't find enough "proof" to go that way.

Which is how a debate should run. We learned that in high school. But many choose to rant and show their own ignorance and tend to ruin threads.

Yes I learned that as well.

I must say it's a pleasure having you back here in the threads and that you seem to be doing much better.

We have had two different creations ... religions have been created for the social control... through hypnotic regression of alien-abducted we have known it very well.
anyway ... I think it could be interesting to look at the movie "ZETGEIST" ... go on google video and type the word, than choose the last remastered version

ps ( i don't know if here accepts the link)

http://video.google.it/videosearch?hl=it&sitesearch=&q=zeitgeist

Does this mean you're going to make me bring out the heavy artillery in this thread?

Thanks. I'm trying to get back into the groove of things. When I first started here, I stuck mainly to the religion and politics threads.

It took me a while to hit up the main boards and post in funnier threads, (starting a few myself) but I figure I'd hang back in the religion and politics ones again for a while psting in others here and there. But religion is actually where I'm most comfortable.