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Re: Near death experiences
By: Lyn Date: September 1, 2024, 11:15 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9SqQNgDrgg
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Re: Near death experiences
By: Gregory Date: September 2, 2024, 3:25 am
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"Brilliant!" - Pythonagoras
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Re: Near death experiences
By: Lyn Date: September 2, 2024, 3:59 am
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That'd be right, mate.
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Re: Near death experiences
By: Leslie Date: September 2, 2024, 5:45 am
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Monty Python made fun of all that is good and noble in the
world,
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Re: Near death experiences
By: Gregory Date: September 2, 2024, 6:43 am
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[quote author=Leslie link=topic=242.msg18818#msg18818
date=1725273921]
Monty Python made fun of all that is good and noble in the
world,
[/quote]
Totally disagree. One might criticise A Life Of Brian as a
tasteless parody of the Christian story, but your comment
doesn't extend to their other films or TV series, which didn't
at all make fun of "all that is good and noble in the world".
They simply made people laugh, Leslie, and in this world and its
lamentable state, that's not a bad thing.
Anyway, to link this to the thread topic, I wonder if people can
actually die of laughter. Now that wouldn't be a bad near death
experience...
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Re: Near death experiences
By: Lyn Date: September 2, 2024, 7:47 am
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I agree, Greg, Python were great and their humour does not fade
with age. John and I saw them live on stage at Drury Lane
before we were married. John Cleese in a white coat roamed the
aisles selling albatross from a 'Miss Candy' tray :-r).
'The Life of Brian' was not about Jesus but about am ordinary
person called, "Brian", though I get the comparison and parody.
I was not that keen on the film at the time but they couldn't
please everyone. I liked, "Blessed are the cheesemakers".
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Re: Near death experiences
By: Leslie Date: September 2, 2024, 11:17 am
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Line most Engish people you cannot see blasphemy when you
encountrt it. Long years of a pagan, materialistic culture
enabled this to occur. You could not care less about the
feelings of your fellow Christians (in a minority) yet put up
with allowing by law certain practices contrary to the moral law
of God.
Humour, doesn't have to be this way.it can be genualy funny.
The Life of Brian was banned in some counties of England and in
Norway and Ireland.I read that Sweden mocked Norway for doing so
Heaven forbid, they think that we should have a return of
Christian Having been to Sweden I am notv surprised..
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Re: Near death experiences
By: Gregory Date: September 2, 2024, 12:23 pm
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Getting back to NDE's, I thought a broad overview of it might be
useful for reference and to fill in any gaps in our knowledge of
the subject.
From wikipedia:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_experience
Whatever their authenticity, they remain in this life, but death
itself leaves no recorded testimonies or related experiences
(unless you're a spiritualist, like Conan Doyle.) I'm reminded
of Hamlet's great soliloquy, especially these lines:
"...the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country from whose bourn*
No traveller returns."
Aye, there's the rub...
(* 'bourn' means final destination.)
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Re: Near death experiences
By: Lyn Date: September 2, 2024, 1:17 pm
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That's quite a comprehensive article, sums up the subject well.
Dictionary definition of blasphemy:
"the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or
sacred things; profane talk.
"he was detained on charges of blasphemy""
Python did not do that. However, nobody expects the Spanish
Inquisition!
Many who objected to the Life of Brian on religious grounds
never saw it, if they had they'd have thought differently but
isn't that always the way?
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Re: Near death experiences
By: Leslie Date: September 3, 2024, 4:47 am
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There is a special thread for such comments called Blasphemy.
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