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Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
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By: AGelbert Date: June 16, 2014, 11:03 pm
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An interesting and inspiring comment by one who signed the
petition
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to Demand Liberty From Fossil
Fuels Through 100% Renewable Energy WWII Style Effort. Oh that
many who call themselves Christians who don't believe in
evolution were this Christian in their actual mindset and
behavior!
This man may not believe in God but to me he is a man of God!
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Mr. Ferdinand Puttinger, Austria
Jun 16, 18:29
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Please Let`s be AWARE: At present our AGE of exciting scientific
discoveries is opening to us the unbelievable view on amazing
interrelations between the complex appearances of whole
evolution since big bang, from atomic properties to dimensions
of boundless universe, but we HUMANS want to give preferences to
commercial-driven short-dated and destructive influences, which
will change eart`s face irreversible!
This is an enormous SELFISH and self-inflicted behavior, because
comming generations will never more have the chance to see the
unharmed diversity of nature`s uniqueness. If we still prefer to
be focused mainly on ongoing excessive economic track, we will
always AGAIN come to the same frustrating conclusion that we
don`t really move forward to future`s urgently needed solutions!
AND It`s the most Appaling witness of Mankind`s incredible
DULLNESS which appears as Paranoiac Schizophrenia Behavior of
Everyone: We applaud loudly when sciences have found some
indications of life in archaeological discoveries on other
planets, but we Humans want to continue destroying stubbornly
our wonderful multifarious & precious EARTH only for selfish
whims of greedy & short dated economic interests.
Why is sophisticated Mankind not able to interrupt this strange
behavior by aid of Politics & Politicians? Politicians should
not only promise to strive for enduring environmental CHANGE at
each election. They should finally indeed implement effectively
Measures for promised CHANGE!
Comprehensive Technical Equipement for Global realisation of
GREEN economics is already available at promising competitive
Level. Therefore it`s time for CHANGE if Humans want to SURVIVE,
because nature is reflecting already Human`s thoughtless
behaviour in an unfavorable reaction to compensate our FATEFUL
influence, what will limit the scope considerable for our greedy
lifestyle and therefore also for economic`s generous revenues in
near future!
AND WHY is mankind not able to accept that he is only part of
Evolution and Not it`s RULER? Up to now science has revealed
unimaginable interrelations for deeper Insights into viewable
and invisible kinds of Existences in whole Universe. Not only to
get amazing Knowledge about these existences, but also to widen
our cognition for being able to Perceive our Marginal Role in
this Universe.
We should learn to be DEVOTED into our marginal being in
contrast to overwhelming and generous appearance of unique
Universe. Being Thankful and Compassionate to all beings means
to recognise our essential Relatedness to all forms of
appearances in Universe, but specially to those of our precious
Earth.
And practising Devotion to our marginal being could make us
really Great and being generous to all Nature`s Creatures. This
devotion could change us to a New Mental existence, feeling
Spiritual Kinship to nature`s beings, what is finally everything
what Universe has created since its Big Bang. To be Honestly
Thankful for all being`s existence let us feel Pure relationship
to all Universe`s appearances and creates desire for treating
them Carefully. Awareness of Sentient beings evolved in Dialog
with Universe`s appearances and relies for its education into
individual being`s Consciousness furthermore on essential
Stimulus of ambient outside world.
Therefore our relationship to all Universe`s appearances is
evident. If we are tasting our being with all our precious
Senses and being Thankful for this Great Gift, we really
practise truthful Devotion and want no more longer ask ourselves
how great is our role in the face of boundless Universe. This
means being Aware of our Awareness and creates Loving Attitude.
Such a mental attitude wants let also disappear borders of
Religious Denominations. INDEED whole Humankind belongs to one
and Universal Spirit of LOVE and COMPASSION, so Let us Be
compassionate and give Love to all Nature`s Creatures.
Or in other Words & More Clearly: We should Not let RULE our
EGO, because Ego based Behavior cannot be satisfied and wants
finally destroy its environment only for short moments of
feeling Saturated!
Thank you for your worthy Attention & Efforts. Kindest regards,
AUSTRIA / Europe.
Thank you Mr. Puttinger, for making the world a better place!
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Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
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By: AGelbert Date: June 19, 2014, 9:49 pm
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News from yours truly! I am now an "artist"!
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I can hardly wait ( LOL!) for all the "constructive criticism"
cautioning me not to quit my day job... ;)
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At any rate, it's nice to see one of my posters is on the
"recommended list".
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And today I submitted my third "art work" ;D in the service of
Future Generations.
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Drawing the faces of babies is HARD! I spent a full two weeks on
those simple faces! The baby girl looks like she has gray hair
because of the resolution but in the proper poster resolution
(5400 by 3600 pixels) it looks blonde so don't claim I am
drawing old ladies! The posters are meant to be bold and simple
so I did not get into various facial details and multiple
shading for effect. Hey, I'm trying to push Climate Victory
through Renewable Energy, not paint the Sistene chapel roof, ya
know!
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Who knows, I might even make a little money. [img width=40
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And if I do (I know, BIG IF! :() Just remember you knew me when
I was "undiscovered". ;D
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Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
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By: AGelbert Date: August 23, 2014, 1:46 pm
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[quote author=Surly1 link=topic=785.msg54233#msg54233
date=1408804778]
Images 3 years apart showing the severity of California's
drought.
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Parched West Is Using Up Underground Water. "We thought that the
picture could be pretty bad, but this was shocking."
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If You Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse, Wait Until the
Aquifers Are Drained We're pumping irreplaceable groundwater to
counter the drought. When it's gone, the real crisis begins.
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The Apocalypsi Library at the End of the World: Everything You
Wanted To Know About Doom.
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Fukushima Disaster: Inside The World’s Most Dangerous Room
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Miami and New York City are ground zero in the battle against
the rising seas
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Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
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By: AGelbert Date: November 2, 2014, 12:23 am
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[font=times new roman]HEBREW NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES
'The camel and the eye of the needle', Matthew 19:24, Mark
10:25, Luke 18:25
Just where is that gate in Jerusalem? ??? "It is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24)
For the last two centuries it has been common teaching in Sunday
School that there is a gate in Jerusalem called the eye of the
needle through which a camel could not pass unless it stooped
and first had all its baggage first removed.
After dark, when the main gates were shut, travellers or
merchants would have to use this smaller gate, through which the
camel could only enter unencumbered and crawling on its knees!
Great sermon material ;D, with the parallels of coming to God
on our knees without all our baggage. A lovely story and an
excellent parable for preaching but unfortunately unfounded!
From at least the 15th century, and possibly as early as the 9th
but not earlier, this story has been put forth, however, there
is no evidence for such a gate, nor record of reprimand of the
architect who may have forgotten to make a gate big enough for
the camel and rider to pass through unhindered.
Variations on this theme include that of ancient inns having
small entrances to thwart thieves, or the story of an old
mountain pass known as the "eye of the needle", so narrow that
merchants would have to dismount from their camels and were thus
easier prey for brigands lying in wait.
Mangled Greek maybe?
There are some differences in the transmitted Greek. The needle
in Matthew and Mark is a rafic. In Luke it is a belone. But both
are synonyms for needles used in sewing, but Luke's is more
likely to be used by a surgeon than a seamstress.
Another possible solution comes from the possibility of a Greek
misprint. The suggestion is that the Greek word kamilos
('camel') should really be kamêlos, meaning 'cable, rope', as
some late New Testament manuscripts1 actually have here. Hence
it is easier to thread a needle with a rope rather than a strand
of cotton than for a rich man to enter the kingdom. A neat but
unnecessary solution!
A variation on all of the above is that the needle was a 6 inch
carpet needle and the rope was made of camel hair- but this is
again clutching at straws or camel hair, and is an unnecessary
emendation.
Makes sense in Aramaic
An alternative linguistic explanation is taken from George M
Lamsa's Syriac-Aramaic Peshitta translation2 which has the word
'rope' in the main text but a footnote on Matthew 19:24 which
states that the Aramaic word gamla means rope and camel,
possibly because the ropes were made from camel hair. Evidence
for this also comes from the 10th century Aramaic lexicographer
Mar Bahlul who gives the meaning as a "a large rope used to bind
ships". (cf.
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Some have even suggested a pun in Aramaic between camel and gnat
or louse from the Aramaic kalma 'vermin, louse'.
Just as the apocryphal Acts of Peter and Andrew3 refers the
saying to a literal camel and needle, so we are not meant to
reason away the apparent difficulty of getting a camel through a
needle's eye. For the difficulty is not apparent it is real, and
not be solved by textual trickery but by taking the ludicrous
language at face value.
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What we have instead then, I believe, is a beautiful Hebrew
hyperbole, as in the tree sticking out of one's eye whilst one
is removing a speck in another's eye!
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Indeed, Jewish Talmudic literature uses a similar aphorism about
an elephant passing through the eye of a needle as a figure of
speech implying the unlikely or impossible:
"They do not show a man a palm tree of gold, nor an elephant
going through the eye of a needle."4
This first instance concerned dreams and their interpretation
and suggested that men only dream that which is natural or
possible, not that which is unlikely ever to have occurred to
them.
"… who can make an elephant pass through the eye of a needle."5
In this case, the illustration concerns a dispute between two
rabbis, one of whom suggests that the other is speaking "things
which are impossible".
The camel was the largest animal seen regularly in Israel,
whereas in regions where the Babylonian Talmud was written, the
elephant was the biggest animal. Thus the aphorism is culturally
translated from a camel to an elephant in regions outside of
Israel.
The aim is not, then, to explain away the paradox and make the
needle a huge carpet needle for, elsewhere, the Jewish writings
use the "eye of the needle" as a picture of a very small place,
"A needle's eye is not too narrow for two friends, but the world
is not wide enough for two enemies."6 . The ludicrous contrast
between the small size of the needle's eye and the largest
indigenous animal is to be preserved for its very improbability.
Jesus' hearers believed that wealth and prosperity were a sign
of God's blessing (cf. Leviticus and Deuteronomy). So their
incredulity is more along the lines that, "if the rich, who must
be seen as righteous by God by dint of their evident blessing,
can't be saved, who can be?". Later Christians have turned this
around to portray wealth as a hindrance to salvation, which it
can be – but no more so than many other things, when the message
is that salvation is impossible for all men for it comes from
God alone.
[size=14pt]But beyond impossibility is possibility with God for,
elsewhere, a Jewish midrash records:
"The Holy One said, open for me a door as big as a needle's eye
and I will open for you a door through which may enter tents and
[camels?]"7
In other words God only needs the sinner to open up just a crack
for him and God will come pouring in and set up room for an
oasis. God only needs a 'foot in the door', so to speak. [/size]
This is similar to the Talmudic use of two Hebrew letters, one
which represents God holiness ('Q' Qoph, as in qadôsh 'holy')
and another representing evil ('R' Resh, as in ra' 'evil'), in a
story told for the purpose of teaching the Hebrew alphabet and
Jewish morals. It is said that 'q' has a separated opening in
order that should 'r' repent he may enter into God's holiness
through the small opening.
A brief survey of sermons or search on the Internet reveals how
many perpetuate the myth of the small gate in Jerusalem.
Victorian travellers to the Holy Land even claim to have been
shown it. The inaccuracy may appear harmless but it is neither
good scholarship nor good exposition. The exaggerated and
contrasted size is deliberate and is not an overt judgement on
riches or poverty. Jesus reflects on how hard it often is for
the rich to enter the kingdom of God. The riches are a
distraction and hard to share if one is too attached to them.
The disciples' incredulity is that if even the rich cannot be
saved, who can? But the verdict is that even the poor, not only
the rich, will find it impossible to save themselves – but with
God all things are possible.
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Notes
Mainly 11th century or later, and in one 9th/10th century
manuscript, however all early manuscripts and quotations in the
church fathers from the 3rd through to the 8th centuries have
'camel' not 'rope'.
The New Testament according to the Eastern Text, George M Lamsa,
1940, p.xxiv and note on Matthew 19:24.
"13 There was a rich man named Onesiphorus who said: If I
believe, shall I be able to do wonders? Andrew said: Yes, if you
forsake your wife and all your possessions. He was angry and put
his garment about Andrew's neck and began to beat him, saying:
You are a wizard, why should I do so? 14 Peter saw it and told
him to leave off. He said: I see you are wiser than he. What do
you say? Peter said: I tell you this: it is easier for a camel
to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the
kingdom of God. Onesiphorus was yet more angry and took his
garment off Andrew's neck and cast it on Peter's and haled him
along, saying: You are worse than the other. If you show me this
sign, I and the whole city will believe but if not you shall be
punished. 15 Peter was troubled and stood and prayed: Lord, help
us at this hour, for thou hast entrapped us by thy words. 16 The
Saviour appeared in the form of a boy of twelve years, wearing a
linen garment 'smooth within and without', and said; Fear not:
let the needle and the camel be brought. There was a huckster in
the town who had been converted by Philip; and he heard of it,
and looked for a needle with a large eye, but Peter said:
Nothing is impossible with God rather bring a needle with a
small eye. 17 When it was brought, Peter saw a camel coming and
stuck the needle in the ground and cried: In the name of Jesus
Christ crucified under Pontius Pilate I command thee, camel, to
go through the eye of the needle. The eye opened like a gate and
the camel passed through; and yet again, at Peter's bidding. 18
Onesiphorus said: You are a great sorcerer: but I shall not
believe unless I may send for a needle and a camel. And he said
secretly to a servant: Bring a camel and a needle, and find a
defiled woman and some swine's flesh and bring them too. And
Peter heard it in the spirit and said: O slow to believe, bring
your camel and woman and needle and flesh. 19 When they were
brought Peter stuck the needle in the ground, with the flesh,
the woman was on the camel. He commanded it as before, and the
camel went through, and back again. 20 Onesiphorus cried out,
convinced and said: Listen. I have lands and vineyards and 27
litrae of gold and 50 of silver, and many slaves: I will give my
goods to the poor and free my slaves if I may do a wonders like
you. Peter said: If you believe, you shall. 21 Yet he was afraid
he might not be able, because he was not baptized, but a voice
came: Let him do what he will. So Onesiphorus stood before the
needle and camel and commanded it to go through and it went as
far as the neck and stopped. And he asked why. 'Because you are
not yet baptized.' He was content, and the apostles went to his
house, and 1,000 souls were baptized that night." (Acts of Peter
and Andrew vv.14-21, The Apocryphal New Testament, M R James,
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, p459).
Babylonian Talmud, Berakoth, 55b
Babylonian Talmud, Baba Mezi'a, 38b
Source not traced but cf. Midrash Rabbah, Genesis 1.3
Midrash Rabbah, The Song of Songs, 5.3; cf. Pesiqta R., 15, ed.
Friedmann, p.70a; Soncino Zohar, Vayikra 3, p95a
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Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
ocrastination
By: AGelbert Date: November 16, 2014, 6:25 pm
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It took a long time for human beings to accept that our little
piece of meteoric rubble wasn't the exact and absolute center of
the Universe. It does appear that way, doesn't it? It may not
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By JOHN CORY
Near the end of his fifteenth orbit as Greenland slipped by
noiselessly below, he made the routine measurements that tested
the operation of his space capsule and checked the automatic
instruments which would transmit their stored data to Earth on
his next pass over Control. Everything normal; all mechanical
devices were operating perfectly.
This information didn't surprise him, in fact, he really didn't
even think about it. The previous orbits and the long simulated
flights on Earth during training had made such checks routine
and perfect results expected. The capsules were developed by
exhaustive testing both on the ground and as empty satellites
before entrusting them to carry animals and then the first
human.
He returned to contemplation of the panorama passing below and
above, although as he noted idly, above and below had lost some
of their usual meaning. Since his capsule, like all heavenly
bodies, was stable in position with respect to the entire
universe and, thanks to Sir Isaac Newton and his laws, never
changed, the Earth and the stars alternated over his head during
each orbit. "Up" now meant whatever was in the direction of his
head. He remembered that even during his initial orbit when the
Earth first appeared overhead he accepted the fact as normal. He
wondered if the other two had accepted it as easily.
For there had been two men hurled into orbit before he ventured
into space. Two others who had also passed the rigorous
three-year training period and were selected on the basis of
over-all performance to precede him. He had known them both well
and wondered again what had happened on their flights. Of
course, they had both returned, depending upon what your
definition of return was. The capsules in which they had
ventured beyond Earth had returned them living. But this was to
be expected, for even the considerable hazards of descent
through the atmosphere and the terrible heating which occurred
were successfully surmounted by the capsule.
Naturally, it had not been expected that the satellites would
have to be brought down by command from the ground. But this,
too, was part of the careful planning—radio control of the
retro-rockets that move the satellite out of orbit by reducing
its velocity. Of course, ground control was to be used only if
the astronaut failed to ignite the retro-rockets himself. He
remembered everyone's surprise and relief when the first capsule
was recovered and its occupant found to be alive. They had
assumed that in spite of all precautions he was dead because he
had not fired the rockets on the fiftieth orbit and it was
necessary to bring him down on the sixty-fifth.
Recovery alive only partially solved the mystery, for the
rescuers and all others were met by a haughty, stony silence
from the occupant. Batteries of tests confirmed an early
diagnosis: complete and utter withdrawal; absolute refusal to
communicate. Therapy was unsuccessful.
The second attempt was similar in most respects, except that
command return was made on the thirty-first orbit after the
astronaut's failure to de-orbit at the end of the thirtieth. His
incoherent babble of moons, stars, and worlds was no more
helpful than the first.
Test after test confirmed that no obvious organic damage had
been incurred by exposure outside of the Earth's protective
atmosphere. Biopsy of even selected brain tissues seemed to show
that microscopic cellular changes due to prolonged
weightlessness or primary cosmic-ray bombardment, which had been
suggested by some authorities, were unimportant. Somewhat
reluctantly, it was decided to repeat the experiment a third
time.
The launching was uneventful. He was sent into space with the
precision he expected. The experience was exhilarating and,
although he had anticipated each event in advance, he could not
possibly have foreseen the overpowering feeling that came over
him. Weightlessness he had experienced for brief periods during
training, but nothing could match the heady impression of
continuous freedom from gravity.
Earth passing overhead was also to be expected from the simple
laws of celestial mechanics but his feeling as he watched it now
was inexpressible. It occurred to him that perhaps this was
indeed why he was here, because he could appreciate such
experiences best. He had been told the stars would be bright,
unblinking, and an infinitude in extent, but could mere
descriptions or photographs convey the true seeing?
On his twenty-first orbit he completed his overseeing the entire
surface of the planet in daylight. He had seen more of Earth
than anyone able to tell about it, but only he had the true
feeling of it. The continents were clearly visible, as were the
oceans and both polar ice caps. The shapes were familiar but in
only a remote way. A vague indistinctness borne of distance
served to modify the outlines and he alone was seeing and
understanding. On the dark side of the planet large cities were
marked by indistinct light areas which paled to insignificance
compared to the stars and his sun.
He speculated about the others who had only briefly experienced
these sights. Undoubtedly they weren't as capable of fully
grasping or appreciating any of these things as he was. It was
quite clear that no one else but he could encompass the towering
feeling of power and importance generated by being alone in the
Universe.
At the end of the twenty-fifth orbit he disabled the radio
control of the retro-rockets and sat back with satisfaction to
await the next circuit of his Earth around Him.
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Disagreements on the Doomstead Diner
By: guest28 Date: May 15, 2015, 8:11 pm
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Ah! I got on here with the Rogue Economist ID! ;D
This is not a good time to go walkabout on the Diner AG.
Go check your messages there.
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Re: Disagreements on the Doomstead Diner
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It's never a good time to walkabout. If I start detailing
EXACTLY what I have observed at the DD for quite some time, I
will be accused of being over sensitive and so on.
I'm FED UP with that! I'm FED UP with people insisting on
keeping their heads shoved firmly up their descending colons.
I'm fed up with the incredibly high level of DUMB SH IT
STUBBORNESS and GREED I see among too many diners.
There is NEVER an apology for the long **** list of gratuitous
insults directed at me based, not on any silly demands for
respect by me, but on the evidence I have provided PROVING
several people WRONG, including you, about Carrying Capacity
versus Caring Capacity.
CERTAIN PEOPLE ALWAYS get the kid gloves treatment. I have NEVER
BEEN ONE OF THEM. IF I "CROSS THE LINE", an apology is DEMANDED
OF ME or I am given some snarky moronic swipe by one of the
ADMINS like EDDIE OR SURLY who think they are SO CUTE playing at
clever SNIPING.
**** MONSTA! **** KARPATOCK! **** PALLOY! **** SNOWLEAPARD! ****
EDDIE! **** GOLDEN OXEN and **** UB on his LIBERTARIAN HORSESHIT
TOO!
I AM SICK OF THEIR NARROW MINDEDNESS, DUPLICITY AND STUPIDITY!
Everything is GOING SOUTH on this planet anyway so I guess they
are just more WATER MOLECULES in the DESTRUCTIVE EVIL WAVE THEY
ARE PART OF (that they fancy themselves apart from due to their
feverish, wishful thinking, self glorifying imaginations and
egocentric world view).
My health is starting to be affected by this. I DO NOT NEED the
AGGRAVATION. Let em' USE SOMEBODY ELSE FOR A PUNCHING BAG!
And as I told Surly and JD, ALL my posts here are public
property. If anybody wants my STUFF over there, they can get off
their fat asses and copy it here and post it on my channel. I'm
an old man. I'm a sick old man. I am TIRED of dealing with
EMPATHY CHALLENGED HOMO SAPS.
YOU want to live. Good for you. I DON'T. I'm just here to keep
my wife clothed and fed. Going over to the DD to get my ass
kicked WILL NOT extend my life. That may make MY DAY but it will
SHAFT my wife. And even if you read everybody there the riot act
(WHICH I KNOW WON'T DO) so they wouldn't mess with the salt
water ****'s tender sensibilities, THAT wouldn't work for me
either.
I expect people to READ what is written and BACK THE FORK OFF if
I prove them wrong. If YOU have to be the referee to keep the
insults and sniping off my back, THERE IS NO REASON FOR ME TO BE
THERE. THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE FACTS. THEY ARE NOT
INTERESTED IN QUESTIONING THEIR WORLD VIEW. LOCKING MY CHANNEL
IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AFFIRMATION OF THEIR EGOCENTRIC BALONEY AND
GET HIGHLY DISTURBED WHEN SOMEONE CHALLENGES THEIR TENDER
SENSIBILITIES AND REVEALS WHAT A BUNCH OF BRAIN DEAD
NARCISSISTIC BIGOTS THEY ARE.
I am not popular with most diners, despite the view count (or
MAYBE BECAUSE OF IT!) on my channel. That, I understand.
But senseless, repetitive arguments over the same tired
egocentric plethora of allegedly "practical" (see apex predators
'R' us) solutions to daily living are a WASTE OF TIME,
ESPECIALLY when the sniping and sarcastic potshots are born of
empathy challenged worship of materialism.
So, I have to DO what I HAVE TO DO to survive in this HELL for
as long as possible.
Go ahead, copy and post this post (without this sentence - they
will play nice instead ;)) on the DD so you can SEE how the DD
CROWD OF SELF LOVING EGOMANIACS collectively proclaim "Good
riddance to bad rubbish!" IN CODE. That CODE will be LIKE THIS:
Gee, I just can't imagine what got into Agelbert... We have
always been so respectful and gentlemanly in our dialog with
him. ;) ;D
This will be followed by a veritable explosion of polite
discourse between the miscreants to prove what "gentlemen" (and
lady -Karpatok will, no doubt, join in) they are. [img width=80
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They all are human and all have the option to be as stupid and
egocentric as they wish. But I will no longer pretend that THEIR
world view is not BASCIALLY EGOCENTRIC. RE, I have NEVER enjoyed
the company of empathy challenged lovers of themselves. And I
NEVER WILL.
May God have mercy on them and bring them to everlasting life.
But I'm too tired, sick and beat to continue talking to
egocentric walls.
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Re: Disagreements on the Doomstead Diner
By: AGelbert Date: May 16, 2015, 1:20 pm
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Agelbert NOTE: Please observe how many Doomstead Diners were
raised. Good old Doctor Spock helped an entire country go
NARCISSIST. The results are EVIDENT. >:(
How Parents Turn Their Children Into Narcissists
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Creating narcissists: the parental behaviour that convinces
children they are better than other people.
Parents turn their children into little narcissists by
overvaluing them, a new study finds.
It is better to concentrate on being emotionally warm towards
children — this leads to higher self-esteem, not narcissism.
[quote]Professor Brad Bushman, one of the study’s authors, said:
“Children believe it when their parents tell them that they are
more special than others.
That may not be good for them or for society.”
[/quote] The study is the first of its kind to follow children
over time to examine how narcissists evolve.
The researchers followed 565 children in the Netherlands who
were between 7 and 11 when the study started. This is the
critical age when narcissists emerge.
The children were tested for typical personality traits of
narcissists, like thinking you are better than other people. The
children’s parents were also asked about their children.
Professor Bushman explained that his research had changed his
own parenting style:
“When I first started doing this research in the 1990s, I used
to think my children should be treated like they were
extra-special. I’m careful not to do that now. It is important
to express warmth to your children because that may promote
self-esteem, but overvaluing them may promote higher
narcissism.”
Creating little narcissists
A previous study by the same researchers caught out parents who
overvalued their children. They were asked if their children
knew about “Queen Alberta” and “The Tale of Benson Bunny.”
Although both were made up by the researchers, some parents
claimed their children knew all about them.
Eddie Brummelman, who co-authored the study, said: “Overvaluing
parents tended to claim that their child had knowledge of many
different topics – even these nonexistent ones.”
Of course overvaluing children is not the only cause of
narcissism, there are also genetic and other environmental
factors. “Some children may be more likely than others to become
narcissistic when their parents overvalue them.”
Mr Brummelman thinks the study suggests a practical way of
helping parents:
“Parent training interventions can, for example, teach parents
to express affection and appreciation toward children without
telling children that they are superior to others or entitled to
privileges.”
The study was published in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences (Brummelman et al., 2015).
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Renewable Revolution RSS Feed
By: guest28 Date: May 20, 2015, 10:43 pm
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AG, for some reason the RSS Feed from Renewable Revolution isn't
working in the Widget on the Diner.
You might want to look into it.
RE
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Re: Disagreements on the Doomstead Diner
By: AGelbert Date: May 21, 2015, 1:52 pm
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date=1432179820]
AG, for some reason the RSS Feed from Renewable Revolution isn't
working in the Widget on the Diner.
You might want to look into it.
RE
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RE,
Don't worry about me or my forum views. My Lord/Boss/Friend will
provide.
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