<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post5254242217490395041..comments</id><updated>2009-03-12T00:39:10.018-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on mixedepisodes: Changes</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/feeds/5254242217490395041/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html'/><author><name>Behind Blue Eyes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08108734433251708783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-482155711222618899</id><published>2009-03-12T00:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T00:39:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nothing has changed but you do have more knowledge...</title><content type='html'>Nothing has changed but you do have more knowledge than you did before that can help you explore further which it seems you are doing.  This sounds like a wonderful journey you are on with all of this.  Continue reading and digging.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/482155711222618899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/482155711222618899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1236843540000#c482155711222618899' title=''/><author><name>Ricardo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01393234934008656683</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5254242217490395041' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/posts/default/5254242217490395041' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-7700499573037626726</id><published>2009-02-19T06:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T06:39:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I recently read an interesting comment by Daniel Q...</title><content type='html'>I recently read an interesting comment by Daniel Quinn about the concept of god (Quinn's great for sideways thinking, as he himself sort of put it):&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;"maybe we'll find out about God someday--but meanwhile, I'm not much interested in believing things that can't be established one way or the other."&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;From this perspective, ultimately god's existence is irrelevant. which in itself, if you agree with Quinn, can probably be quite liberating.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/7700499573037626726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/7700499573037626726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1235054340000#c7700499573037626726' title=''/><author><name>benjibopper</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00402945887045545024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5254242217490395041' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/posts/default/5254242217490395041' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-9194049544043765155</id><published>2009-02-12T03:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T03:04:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>People start thinking profoundly when given the ti...</title><content type='html'>People start thinking profoundly when given the time. Which is always good. Time alone will ultimately result in self awareness.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To most life becomes boring and meaningless, even scary when facing the prospect of death. As humans we try to make sense of things, when all else fails we turn to religion.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;maybe you should stop neglecting your daughter and start a conversation on this subject...kids say the darnest things</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/9194049544043765155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/9194049544043765155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1234436640000#c9194049544043765155' title=''/><author><name>Vin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14539933638944294262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5254242217490395041' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/posts/default/5254242217490395041' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-40744729003096279</id><published>2009-02-10T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T08:00:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>X-At the time I read this,I was going through a cr...</title><content type='html'>X-At the time I read this,I was going through a crisis, it would be fair to call it a dark night of the soul.  I realized that I might be a 'pagan'.  (Doesn't that sound romantic!) At the same time that I was questioning all of my beliefs, I was also worried about going to hell and I  couldn't get past the conundrum.  If I don't believe in God, then I can't go to hell.  If I believe I can go to hell that means that there is a God and for not believing there is a God, I am going to hell.  I was in an endless loop and I couldn't quit spinning around.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This sentence released me somehow and gave me permission to stop worrying about it.  If faith is given by God and he didn't give it to me then this means I am not chosen so I don't need to worry about it anyway.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For some reason, this thought got me out of the loop and I relaxed and it has never really bothered me again.  Not because I believe it now, but because for whatever reason, it stopped my thoughts from spinning and let me rest and not feel afraid anymore.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/40744729003096279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/40744729003096279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1234281600000#c40744729003096279' title=''/><author><name>behindblueeyes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04542922095404632503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07688303471754238262'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' 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名古屋&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.amour-group.com/" REL="nofollow"&gt;M性感 名古屋&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://chuh.jp/" REL="nofollow"&gt;出会い&lt;/A&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/8687454411415487053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/8687454411415487053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1234244940000#c8687454411415487053' title=''/><author><name>tyt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007154116765020228</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5254242217490395041' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/posts/default/5254242217490395041' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5581282633382640615</id><published>2009-02-09T11:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T11:24:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Your comment to MM is fascinating.  If, in the tra...</title><content type='html'>Your comment to MM is fascinating.  If, in the traditional sense, we are creations of God, then why would He "choose" some of us, but not all of us?  Moreover, why would he choose those people instead of these people?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Religious institutions often have little to do with faith or spirituality, which seems to be quite the paradox.  Instead, they tend to be about submission to authority and orthodxy.  Religion empowers specific individuals who claim they speak for God, or know what Christ would do in any given situation. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I would doubt that God is a volatile white man who watches everything each one of us does and if we excercise the free will given to us will punish us with fire, torture and eternal damnation...because He loves us.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To me (and you too, it seems), the question doesn't revolve around the existence of God, but rather the nature of divinity.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/5581282633382640615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/5581282633382640615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1234207440000#c5581282633382640615' title=''/><author><name>X. Dell</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17561609651507566271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5254242217490395041' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/posts/default/5254242217490395041' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5454611537364640845</id><published>2009-02-08T10:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T10:14:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>hehe... so thats wat it all comes down to, eh? ill...</title><content type='html'>hehe... so thats wat it all comes down to, eh? illusion... thats just buddhism which didnt need science to explain it... or even a certain cult in hinduism which believes th same.... &lt;BR/&gt;u know i never participate in this debate, but as long as ppl argue on these lines, God is safe.... and yeah, ultimately i believe only bcos i like talk to Him everyday and get answers.... &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and yeah, thx for yr comment... hey, do tell me if u know anyone who wants stuff edited... i recently edited a book for a theologian there and he was quite impressed.... also, if anyone wants freelance articles abt stuff that happens in india.... im right now on a job search and leaving no stone unturned.... :) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ab</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/5454611537364640845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/5454611537364640845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1234116840000#c5454611537364640845' title=''/><author><name>Avaran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03590586267621304681</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5254242217490395041' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/posts/default/5254242217490395041' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5593140811588975728</id><published>2009-02-06T09:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T09:22:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, and I too won't even talk to a religious perso...</title><content type='html'>Oh, and I too won't even talk to a religious person about God.  There is nothing to talk about as far as I'm concerned.  I actually find myself able to listen to one person that I know on the blogs, Enemy of the Republic.  I told her that she needs to become a minister because if she can actually get me to listen with a somewhat open mind then she is really good.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/5593140811588975728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/5593140811588975728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1233940920000#c5593140811588975728' title=''/><author><name>behindblueeyes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04542922095404632503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07688303471754238262'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5254242217490395041' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/posts/default/5254242217490395041' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-7304306609285531802</id><published>2009-02-06T09:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T09:20:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny, while I was reading your comment it made me...</title><content type='html'>Funny, while I was reading your comment it made me remember some more things that I was thinking at the time.  I remember thinking that too....that if God was what the religious people that I have known say that he is, then I don't want to be close to him.  And I am suddenly remembering that one night, when I was very depressed, I was reading Jung and came across something like this, "If the Christian religion is based upon faith and faith is given to you by God, then if you have no faith then that means that God hasn't chosen you and there is nothing that you can do about it."  I found that oddly freeing.  that if God didn't want me anyway then I really had nothing to worry about and so I could quit worrying.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/7304306609285531802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/7304306609285531802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1233940800000#c7304306609285531802' title=''/><author><name>behindblueeyes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04542922095404632503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07688303471754238262'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5254242217490395041' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/posts/default/5254242217490395041' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-4086847785603354954</id><published>2009-02-06T08:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T08:55:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jung said he didn’t believe in God. He just knew G...</title><content type='html'>Jung said he didn’t believe in God. He just knew God.&lt;BR/&gt;I don’t, never have; maybe I will.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If God appeared tomorrow for all to see I would be totally devastated. I would feel no different then I’ve felt since the age of reason, and especially since the day I walked pass the church on a Sunday morning - at age12 - and never went back; proud of having the courage to stand up to him I remember thinking at the time. I figured if God had anything to do with organized religion, indeed most of society I wanted nothing to do with him/her.&lt;BR/&gt;I had no respect for God, I found the whole of creation ridiculously lacking.&lt;BR/&gt;My opinion has matured over the years. I don’t even enter into conversation on the subject of religion with religious people. They’re entitled to their opinion and their devotion as long as they don’t try to lay any trip on me.&lt;BR/&gt;Life is what it is, and death will be what it will, and until then I’ll wait and if I meet god on judgment day I’ll tell him just how displeased I am with him.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/4086847785603354954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/5254242217490395041/comments/default/4086847785603354954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html?showComment=1233939300000#c4086847785603354954' title=''/><author><name>Momentary Madness</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05314884356743431845</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mixedepisodes.blogspot.com/2009/02/changes.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781727154149046211.post-5254242217490395041' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781727154149046211/posts/default/5254242217490395041' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>