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ananda

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22. How wonderful. Great titles by the way.

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 08:46 AM

Sep 19

What McEvilly did was show me that Jesus wasn't
created out of whole cloth, but was a direct
descendent of Mithra and Zoroaster. When he
illuminated the history of the way Christianity
came about, that really blew my mind and got
me to think about religion in a whole new way.

Later, Joseph Campbell came along and I delved
deeply into his life and writings; and weirdly
enough he had direct contact with my favorite
author, John Steinbeck, though not in a good
way. He fell deeply in love with Steinbeck's
then wife Carol; and at some point they
actually came to blows when Campbell didn't
like the way he treated her. But Steinbeck
being Steinbeck handled it with grace and
dignity.

Life is just so weird sometimes.

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We are time traveling at high velocity. [View all] Irish_Dem Sep 18 OP

Whiplash government Deuxcents Sep 18 #1

Yes we re-enact ten time periods in one day. Irish_Dem Sep 18 #3

...AND Mein Kampf. lastlib Sep 18 #12

Now that sounds interesting. ananda Sep 18 #13

Interestingly, I had the same experience taking a sociology class, the study of religions. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #19

How wonderful. Great titles by the way. ananda Sep 19 #22

Interesting. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #25

Also the same good qualities. ananda Sep 19 #31

Yes people have a strong need for spirituality. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #32

It really is weird to live in such an upsidedown reality. ananda Sep 19 #35

There you have it. Exactly where we are today. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #37

I sometimes think Shakespeare was a real subversive. ananda Sep 19 #38

If there is a heaven one of my first acts will be to get all human mysteries solved. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #39

I suspect St Peter will want to know too. ananda Sep 19 #40

I assume they know it all on the other side? Irish_Dem Sep 20 #41

I have never seen anything like this in America in my adult life surfered Sep 18 #2

We thought the Viet Nam era was tumultuous. Irish_Dem Sep 18 #5

The mindset of those legacies has never left this country. ananda Sep 18 #4

America's dark underbelly was always there just waiting to make a comeback. Irish_Dem Sep 18 #6

I've had direct experience with this shit all my life... ananda Sep 18 #7

Midwest farmland is similar. Irish_Dem Sep 18 #8

Well, at least my Irish ancestors were A-OK! ananda Sep 18 #9

Good for them! You should be so proud. Irish_Dem Sep 18 #10

You got that right! ananda Sep 18 #11

I live in a damn suburb I_UndergroundPanther Sep 19 #15

I was just in the US róisín_dubh Sep 19 #14

Exactly. This is part of the surreal nature of things. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #18

I'm thinking we're in an intermediate loop of someone preserving a timeline where s/he obtains a time machine 0rganism Sep 19 #16

Perhaps it is not pilot error, but deliberate on the part of the Time Machine owners. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #17

We're experiencing the most corrupt government in our nations history. Emile Sep 19 #20

Yes, the greatest moral collapse in US history. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #21

I will be the same, so pbmus Sep 19 #29

None of us who are intelligent and moral beings will be the same again. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #30

That is a fatalistic view based on , pbmus Sep 19 #33

I admire your ability to remain untouched and unfeeling about the tragedy unfolding in front of us. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #34

The USA has experienced many pbmus Sep 19 #36

That's been the GOP's "flood-the-zone" plan all along. They had eight years to allegorical oracle Sep 19 #23

Yes the damage is incalculable. And take time to repair. Some damage is permanent. Irish_Dem Sep 19 #24

Approaching terminal velocity of a falling nation... MiHale Sep 19 #26

Yes exactly, the velocity is terminal. :( Irish_Dem Sep 19 #28

Yep. I've never seen Trump let anyone steal the limelight like he has with Kirk underpants Sep 19 #27