religion for rabbits
i was thinking about this as i was getting drenched
bringing doey back from the vet. well, i have a very
stubborn rabbit who has a bottomless pit for a
stomach. sounds familiar? yeah, i know. so despite
doey's frustrating stubbornness and temper, i still
have to take care of him. even though he doesnt obey
my commands, he still gets food from me.
funny aint it? it probably wouldnt happen if we got
a dog. but thats not the point. i mean, it would be
a good joke to tell people that instead of instant
love and affection, i paid for a pet to frustrate me.
this is a perfect example of christianity's case.
we are like miserable stubborn rabbits who expect
good things from a powerful benefactor without
wanting to do anything in return.
well, the contrast looks better like this.
i have the power to inflict serious damage or even
kill the rabbit if it displeases me. (yes, i could
sell it, isolate it... the idea is that i have the
rabbit's life within my will) however, to the rabbit
i am only a food source. he doesnt come when called,
except when food is proffered to him. even then he
occasionally rejects the food he is fed with. think
of that with a christian analogy.
i feed the rabbit
i care for the rabbit
i am a benefit to the rabbit
but.....
i am only a food source.
this is as opposed to being the rabbit's master.
so my question in the argument is this, if
christianity is all about the benefits, why
bother with having a lord and master because
good or bad things happen anyway?
is a very great benefit sufficient to want you to
have god as the master of your life? what is there
in being a source of food or care that gives me
the right of ownership over my rabbit's life?
(in the sense that he acknowledges that he is
obligated to carry out my instructions instead of
the legal title i have to say that i paid for him)
so religion for rabbits will conclude with this
thought, the rabbit does not need to acknowledge
me as his master. this is because neither great
benefit nor coercive power is a good enough
reason to be subservient to anyone. much less
an anyone who only chooses to communicate in a
fashion that we cannot sense.
Labels: religion
hidden history
well when i went to australia (which was a really nice place), i realized
that there was another side to her that my teachers never told me
about.
i found out about that story when i visited the frementle jail.
so for your info and enjoyment, why not watch "rabbit-proof fence"
2002.
its an enlightening insight into attitudes of former times.
Labels: movies
a day in the life of a rabbit
i had just been born for 4 months. or at least they told me so.
i didnt know anything but it seemed like my parents lived with
a family of giants. sniffing me, my mom seemed to let me know
that its safe to be around these giants as she let herself be stroked
by them. maybe thats what we will become late. i resolved
to eat more food so i could become bigger than my mom and
become a giant that moved on two legs one day.
they made weird noises. they always seemed so loud.
the ground shook with they way they moved. they
made me wonder if something bad is going happen
each time the noises changed. it wasnt terrible. but it
just wasnt a noise i could make. sometimes other noises
scared me. they were loud and shrill, and they seemed
to come from far away.
noises or not, at least home was comfortable.
the ground was a white fluffy snow. there seemed to be a
different kind of ground a little further but i would not be able
to get to it unless the giants made me fly there. it was hard
and cold with pink and black patches and very shiny.
i wondered why anyone would want to go beyond the
shiny metal lines of my soft kingdom especially when i
was so comfortable there.
there was always food at home too. the giants always left
some water and tasty bits in a happily-coloured white plastic
saucer outside the wooden bridge that i would snuggle under.
the giants must be the best kind of rabbit i thought. only
another rabbit would know how to keep that my tummy
comfortably tight which always gave me such a feeling of
pleasure. i wondered how it must feel without all the food
that i ate? would a rabbit still feel good if no giants gave
it munchies from the air? taking a bite of the little, dry,
round and orange ball that tasted better than the green
juicy thing, i left that thinking for another day.
today was special though, today the giants put me into a
home that flew! it had no silvery lines and you could just
see right out into the distance. i was moving on hard nothing,
the awesome ability of a rabbit to stay in the air next to the
legs of his giant. the blue sky where no light passed through
seemed lower than usual. odd. this time, i could reach the sky
if i hopped. i must be closer to being a giant. i felt really pleased.
oh the noise! the smell and the colours!
the kingdom outside kept changing. i saw other things.
scarier animals! like those that gave out bright red lights
and had two moving black things. they gave out giants from
one side and then closed up again. the only thing i could
give out from the hole in my body were these fibrous black
balls. it wasnt painful as the hole closed by itself. i guess
if the animal produced giants it must want to look at them,
so a middle hole would be more interesting than my bottom
hole which can only produce black fibrous balls.
i was confused and felt a little scared, but i was next
to the legs of my giant so i guessed i would be safe.
my giant met another giant. she had long black hair that
fell softly over her slim shoulders. wisps of her hair fluttered
across her face as the gentle wind blew. i sniffed the fresh
scent of sunshine and meadows, bright and happy flowers
that seemed to come from her. my giant lifted me on to the
table, it wasnt too bad to meet this strange, new giant.
the giants noised about with each other. their lips parted to
show each other their clean white teeth. i stayed still on the
table top, as the long haired giant stroked me with her
paw. i wondered if they were going to eat each other. the
long haired giant must be pretty tasty. my giant and the
long haired one made noises to each other. i wonder what
those noises meant. they were always different when my giant
made them whenever he held me. giants, why cant they just
sniff each other like every other bunny.
soon i was lifted back home but the long haired giant.
my giant stroked my back. his touched seemed a little more
shaky and gentle than normal. good things have to end you
know old chap, come on, its time for us to go home. i
waited, wide-eyed in expectation to start flying beside
my giant again.
wait! this is not right! the long haired giant picked me up.
wha, wha, what am i doing with her? put me down, put me
back down this instant! i hopped toward my giant. take me
back! take me back, i begged as i scratched the hardness
of the nothing. he looked at me and made a low lifeless
noise, like water bubbling through a choked pipe. his gaze,
his eyes, i had never seen him with that look before.
then he became smaller and smaller, and his features
grew fainter and fainter, till all that was left was an
indistinguishable figure in the distance.
i would never see him again after today.
i wondered what life would bring as i looked at the changing
landscape, flying beside the legs of another giant.
for the love of the classics
this guy is a goddammed sithlord
getting exposed to reddit after an enlightening and captivating article
about a man's extraordinary relationship with his
dogwith a lot of other enlightening perspectives on relations, sexuality
and reasoning, i really enjoyed my readings.
i was amazed to find common sense and good reasoning among
the spam and trolling (even if i only have an inkling what this means)
here is an excerpt from a post about objecting to another's marriage.
machiavelli really isnt my thing so i'd just stick to isolation and
avoidance. but this post, its entertaining, so read it anyways...
If you really want to break up a romantic couple, your model is Iago.
He never says a bad thing about Desdemona; never accuses her
of anything. He says "Hmm, that's odd..." When Othello says "What?",
he says "Oh, nothing." Then Othello squeezes it out of him, and he
says "It's just that it seemed strange the way Cassio snuck away
when he saw you coming. I'm sure it's nothing."
Then Othello has this seed of an idea planted in his head, but
nobody he can talk to about it: Iago just said it was probably
nothing, and nobody else saw it.
If you want to wreck a relationship, you ask questions: "Do you
really think you're going to be able to maintain the religious attitude
to the degree she's going to require? I've known you for years;
you just don't have a pushy personality. You wouldn't be a pushy
atheist, and while people's involvement in their religion waxes and
wanes, I just don't think you have it in you to be a pushy Christian,
either. What's going to happen when your real personality, the
more easygoing and less judgmental one, reasserts itself? Is she
going to hate the real you?"
If this is met with hostility, you say "Hey, I'm just asking: are you
sure that you're going to keep up this level of energy for religion
for the rest of your life? You never had that much emotional energy
before. If you normalise back to the person you've been for the last
20 years, what's she going to think of that?"
The other thing you can do is the "it's nothing" thing, by just sighing
or something when her name comes up, and then when he asks say
"It's nothing", and then saying "I'm just not sure I could stand a woman
who tried to break me away from the things I used to do and the people
I was with. I don't think I could stand being told who I'm allowed to be
friends with.
If you're good with her telling you what to do, and you're sure you'll
never get tired of it, that's your business. I just know that it would drive
me crazy, and eventually I'd stop putting up with it, and things would
go bad. But I'm sure you'll figure some way around it."
Don't tell him facts. Raise doubts by asking him questions.
Then remove yourself from the people who can discuss those questions
by saying "I'm sure you'll figure something out" and the like.
taken from
here by this guy yorlic.
and his reply to being deliciously evil?
-> just being well versed in the classics.
what a man!
i am so the hell going to read shakespeare now. lol.
older siblings
here's a little bit of bragging from me since we havent heard that in a while.
heres to all the older siblings.
not every older brother bothers about their younger siblings
not every older brother is a good influence to his juniors
not every older brother gives gifts
not every older brother improves the standard of life
due to my foresight some 5 years ago, today, one of
my siblings has close to 7000 in cash (from a gift from
me) and that amount is still growing!
i may not be the best older brother around.
but then again, not many older brothers can say that they
invested in their younger siblings and their profits keep snowballing.
philips
went to the philips showroom to redeem my vouchers today.
was kindda impressed but the service i received from the
young staff guy. although i kindda wished i had seen the
showroom before claiming my vouchers. could have made
better choices if i knew what options i had.
basically i bought a 46" philips tv at harvey norman for
2200 when it was retailing at 3600 together with a blue
ray player for 700 when it was retailing for 1000.
total cost of 2900 savings of 1700 not too bad.
i was offered a 500 philips voucher or a 250 choice voucher.
well if i knew this was the case, i would have bought the
home theater system there, i would have saved another $200.
anyway since i didnt have the car, i didnt want to carry
heavy bulky items, i thought our house already had too
much stuff and there was no need to add to the mess, i
decided on the supermarket choice vouchers.
oh well, but in any case that i do get to splurge on a tv
set like this again, i would definitely get the vouchers.
i would have saved 200 more for the home theater system
i loved the sound systems that were going for 200
i drooled over the shaver set that cost 400
i thought the epilators that cost 300 were useful
i would have bought bigger kitchen appliances
hmmmm i guess its 10 more years before i get a new house.
wonder how much i'd need to spend by then.
smelly face
oh come on, i didnt ask for it you know.
IF you didnt want me in your car, DONT OBLIGE.
IF you are tired, GO AND REST.
i seriously wouldnt have gone down or sat inside
if i knew that it happened to be YOUR CAR he was
driving.
i seriously AM NOT interested in going to a home
or family that i hardly consider to be mine at all.
we have our differences. you have your pride, and
I RESPECT THAT.
I STAY OUT of your way so you wont have the
inconvenience of giving that unhappy face of yours.
I SHUT UP so that you dont have to waste energy
disagreeing with what i say.
I MAKE IT PLAIN and CLEAR how i stand over this
disagreement and i dont hide it under a mask of
obligation. i dont do things because i'm obliged
to but because i want to. dont be a hypocrite.
PLEASE ask your driver NOT to pick me up in future
if it upsets you. seriously. i would rather leave
you guys happy then upset that you have to do some
meaningless favour for someone who is more than
capable or traveling by himself.
have a happy new year.
you are forgiven
