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Recent content by Au Naturel

  1. Au Naturel

    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    You can be a total atheist and be a Jew. Under (most) Jewish teaching, you cannot command faith, though faith is a good thing. You also cannot command love. You can command obedience. Obey the laws of Moses, and nothing else matters. That's a Jew who does not believe in a future Messiah. The...
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    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    Religion, in general, is incompatible with how my brain works. I think I was ten when I realized it. Faith is not a part of me. Any more than the ability to do small talk or understand the minutia of social interaction. So I masked, both in the autistic sense and the religious sense, until I did...
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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY...EVERYBODY

    Thank you!
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    I would trade it all

    Nope. that's not how it works. Sometimes getting intimate that quickly is a sign someone really isn't interested long term. It is often better to ease into it. That tells the partner (male of female) that something other than quick sex is desired. Not everyone attaches long term emotional...
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    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    And you are very close to Judaism. If there is no need for a savior, Jesus can be treated as an influential rabbi.
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    Emetophobia (Trigger Warning, TMI)

    I live by Meclazine. Take it an hour before any activity that might make me motion sick. I have Zofran on prescription but don't like to use them except for emergencies because it knocks me out. Also used scopalamine patches on long cruises until I get used to the rocking motion. Most dizziness...
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    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    I have serious doubts about the existence of free will. In the absence of a mechanism for free will to exist, I figure it is more likely to be inevitable than not. The only uncertainty I see in the world is at the quantum level. But the quantum world is random. Random may lead into chaos...
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    Good age to diagnose personality disorders

    It is good to forgive your bullies. Most people can't even get to the point where they accept what happened. Spend the rest of their lives angry over it. Having all those surgeries could easily cause some kind of psychological trauma. Some kind of PTSD feeding into your existing conditions.
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    I would trade it all

    Interesting that you don't think of oral sex as sex.
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    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    Everyone does to some extent. There's zero chance I could have been Muslim, or Hindu or Jewish. Not available as a kid. If I had faith as a part of my programming I'd have been Christian, probably fundamentalist Protestant. Since faith is not a natural part of my makeup, I couldn't have been a...
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    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    There is an argument to be had that humans are fundamentally evil. I disagree with it. I think humans are just humans and no more inherently evil than chimps or lions or goldfish. Paleolithic minds with nuclear bombs. Trying to handle the problems of the world with a brain evolved to pick nuts...
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    I would trade it all

    Sex means a lot less to some people than others. Or maybe, confronted by a possible future relationship, she lost her nerve and bugged out. Take her final message as the truth. You have no reason to think otherwise. It takes time to build a friendship. Even longer to build love. My wife and I...
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    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    Then I don't owe anything to anyone. At most a bit of optional gratitude but certainly not obedience.
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    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    If you want to assume there is a "spiritual realm" and that the die roll that gave you your faith (instead of one of a thousand others) happened to be the lucky one. Otherwise you have a document written by humans, edited by humans, for the purpose of telling other humans how they have to live...
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    I would trade it all

    That pretty much describes most dating for most people. They don't put so much importance on any one person because they know the probability of it clicking is low. If it doesn't click, they are a bit bummed but they move on. "Looking for a commitment," doesn't mean you're a match. It is...
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