seconded. i mean, it's pretty simple. either you do believe in God or you don't. there's really no argument. my son and i occasionally have this 'go around.' i say - 'how did you get here? how does your heart continue to beat? what is the purpose of living?' he's just like 'my life centers around gaming. it's all there is to live for. i don't see how people can stand to be married. i'm never getting married because i don't want to be with one person my entire life...etc. etc. besides he says he never believe d in God since he was five. of course, i pray for him a lot. that God will reveal Himself and His might to him. so far, God has gone unnoticed - although i feel that daily God sustains each one of us.
Just making a point. I mean, all these "annoyed with religious topics" posts are kind of annoying. I wish they'd stop being annoyed.
Although I have to admit that the title 'atheists are pathetic' smacks of arrogance and smugness, nice way to generalise people I must say!
i wish you to take the time to ask pianowolfi and my teacher if i have forced a bible down their throats or been untactful or uncultural.
i don't recall discussing religion with any of them.
marik, i don't recall ever starting any religious threads excepting maybe one. also, i don't recall ever making a thread putting down someone else's beliefs. to me, to do that would be 'fanatical.' i resent the accusations that you are making and wish that you would be more careful before judging a person that you do not know in person. i wish you to take the time to ask pianowolfi and my teacher if i have forced a bible down their throats or been untactful or uncultural. occasionally i make jokes - but they are not usually at the expense of others feelings. yours are sometimes. i wish you would know how much what you say hurts. consider what you write an expression of how you feel towards yourself - and then you might actually go back and revise it. would you say those things about yourself? and why are those things so important for you to judge in others? after all- you are attempting to prove you are better educated - so you should have the better manners.just because a parent disagrees with a child doesn't mean they are forcing the ideas. in fact, you might want to know more about my son's and my relationship in terms of talking - because we are always quite casual and there is no pressure on my part for him to be an exact copy of me. he has chosen not to attend church for a few years and the choices that he makes as he becomes more and more adult - is none of my business. in fact, he just turned 18. if you asked him - he would say he has a lot of freedom. although - we are pretty adamant about him finishing school. parents do have rights until a child is 18 to have house rules, though - and i pretty much expect them to abide by them. that is not child abuse or being rude. ask any parent!
only mildly. marik is a good pianist - and i have respect for his wisdom in many areas
marik, i don't recall ever starting any religious threads excepting maybe one.
also, i don't recall ever making a thread putting down someone else's beliefs.
yours are sometimes. i wish you would know how much what you say hurts. consider what you write an expression of how you feel towards yourself - and then you might actually go back and revise it. would you say those things about yourself? and why are those things so important for you to judge in others?
Dear Susan,Let me start with I have no doubt that you are a nice, lovely, and fun person. Having said that, I have to admit that right now this is not the point.Let me remind you, that was YOU who was asked NUMEROUS times by many different members not to spam this board with your lengthy religious preaches or citations from the bible, especially when they are out of topic.Yes, it is true, you don't start those threads, but let me remind you, this is YOU, who completely ignores and disregards those requests, ruining many excellent threads and discussions by your out of topic religious insertions.In my book, this is at very least inconsiderate and disrespectful!Pardon me, only in a couple last days you did MANY times. It is rather sad you even don't realize it.I actually believe it. I just don't get why you then find it OK to do it here, on the board, when people cannot see you in person?Well, I agree that some of the things I've said were judgemental, and some are just none of my business, so I revise it:I apologize for writing it and take back my words: "blindly fanatical", "senseless", "uncultural", "narrow-minded". I however leave my other words, i.e. "pushy", "persistant", "tactless".I did not say a word for many years, but I guess the point of "annoyment" has reached its peak. Best, MP.S. Once friend of mine brought me to a Church in Manhattan (don't remeber which... I think it was in midtown), where according to her was a great preacher.Indeed, it was a great experience, even though I am very far away from Christianity!!! I remember a few ideas, which I found quite lovely:1) One who believes DEEPLY never talks about it, but prefers to think.2) One who believes DEEPLY prefers not to quote or state ideas, but to question those quotes and ideas.3) One who believes DEEPLY should realize that his/hers belief is only one of many other beliefs.
[Moi impersonating Pianistissimo]Topic: Who likes bread?Posted by: Pianistissimo Posted on: today at 24:60Mmm bread sounds delicious. I used to make bread for the little one. He's not so little an-T more. Bread is wonderful. It reminds me of the story in the old testament where they fed all the people when didn't have but a few loaves of bread. So when I eat bread, I can image the ponderous wondering and supersatisfactual religiosity that must have overcome those people at that moment. God gave them food because he is a merciful and wonderous apparition. His loves feels me with joy at moment of my life. I like to go hiking sometimes too. But I can never seem to stay on the trail. Guest it muss be my bad cents of directions. It reminds of the story of Jonah and fish where he thought he was lost and swallowed for good but the big ugly whale spat him out mercifully on the shores. Me and my husband had a bit fight about this the other day. Well I guess it wasn't so much a fight. More a small going at of it, or a spat. He thinks the fish is a Maiko. I think its a shark. He says that a shark would eat a man, but I say that if the shark were under the divine will it would do as God bid it. My sons say it's a great whale. They're the only one's large enough to swallow a man whole.Or a piece of bread.But i say swallowing the bread whole is Thalbergmad job. He seems like he eats a lot of bread. If I were his mother I'd make him do his own laundry. As the lord says 'good things might come to those who wait'. well not exactly I might have embellished a little.[/Moi Impersonating Pianistissimo]Perfectly pianistissimo
Not quite... you somehow managed to capitalize the first letter of every sentence....
[Moi impersonating Pianistissimo] It reminds me of the story in the old testament where they fed all the people when didn't have but a few loaves of bread.
Do any of the famous performers borrow sweat? I've often wondered how they work it up. Is it mental or physical. It's kind of interesting, that itch on the nose from sweat dripping down the brow and rolling down to the tip of the nose.I've never physically sweated from playing Brahms Pagannini variations, Beethoven's Walstein and Tempest. Does this mean that I have no feelings, and am not mentally sweating out every drop of emotion...or does it mean that women sweat less because they are used to constant stress in their lives anyway.Last "why" question: do performers have to like what they perform, always, to get across meaning...or can performers play some things they really don't care for, but evens out the program? do you think of the audience first, or remain true to your own tastes?
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