I offer early Christianity as a case-study to show that the phenomena that we group under "religion(s)" comprise a somewhat artificial category, and that "religions" are not "all the same. "
John Floridis was very inspiring. He plays so well.
I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after year is the sensibility for good writing. Just opening your veins all over the paper is not necessarily going to be interesting. I wanted to speak to people.
The less you know, the more I comprehend. You don't have to drag me down, I descend.
When you get into recovery after some addiction you have to relearn a lot of perceptions, attitudes and self-awareness if you want to stay clean. You really do change. Change doesn't happen often but to a certain extent in some way, I think when you get into recovery and you stay there, you change.
Without music, I could not get through.
The past is stronger than my will to forgive forgive you, or myself, I don't know.
I don't know what people expect when they meet me. They seem to be afraid that I'm going to piss in the potted palm and slap them on the ass.
<. . . > God is a person; godliness is a quality. You cannot become God, but you can be godly. <. . . >.
Think! Think and wonder. Wonder and think. How much water can 55 elephants drink?
Seriousness is the refuge of the shallow. There are events and personal experiences that call forth seriousness but they are fewer than most of us think.