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by Greg Shantz
Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:06 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Delicious
Replies: 3
Views: 2464

Re: Delicious

So?
by Greg Shantz
Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:52 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Dave Sim's Metaphysics
Replies: 2
Views: 2646

Dave Sim's Metaphysics

Sim's idea is that there are two beings in the Bible and the Koran. There is God, who is a He, and YHWH, who is a he/she/it. Sim sees the Bible (though not all of the books) and Koran as a conversation between God and YHWH. God created YHWH, and YHWH thinks it is God. In scripture is God trying to s...
by Greg Shantz
Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:54 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: Suggestion List
Replies: 138
Views: 231177

Re: Suggestion List

I think you need to read some of Sim's writings, specifically his Torah commentaries and cosmology double issue from Cerebus , to help you know where he is coming from. His being a cartoonist has as much of an effect on how he communicates Truth as his reading of the Torah, Gospels and Koran has. It...
by Greg Shantz
Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:24 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: Suggestion List
Replies: 138
Views: 231177

Re: Suggestion List

No.
by Greg Shantz
Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:59 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: Suggestion List
Replies: 138
Views: 231177

Re: Suggestion List

I'm trying to get Dave Sim. :)
by Greg Shantz
Fri May 09, 2008 4:47 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere
Replies: 10
Views: 6353

Re: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere

Also, Sim said: You know, Greg, that may be either true, "true" or True but it's certainly something that is guaranteed to elicit a negative reaction from women, particularly in this case where you're attempting to take Weininger's intellectual argument -- "this is Largely or Mostly T...
by Greg Shantz
Fri May 09, 2008 4:45 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Former atheist speaks out...
Replies: 128
Views: 23661

Re: Former athiest speaks out...

Really.
by Greg Shantz
Fri May 09, 2008 4:42 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere
Replies: 10
Views: 6353

Re: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere

I doubt it.
by Greg Shantz
Fri May 09, 2008 4:37 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere
Replies: 10
Views: 6353

Re: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere

Somewhat related, on the question of women having souls, Dave Sim said: On the first quote, I don't think this is particularly helpful, either given that we have absolutely no knowledge of what "a soul" or "soul" is, let alone who has one, who hasn't one, what its characteristics...
by Greg Shantz
Fri May 09, 2008 4:31 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere
Replies: 10
Views: 6353

Re: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere

LOL.
by Greg Shantz
Fri May 09, 2008 4:28 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger in the blogosphere
Replies: 10
Views: 6353

Otto Weininger in the blogosphere

A couple of weblogs which talk about Weininger and his ideas:

http://thechambersinitiative.blogspot.c ... igent.html

http://phlogma.com/
by Greg Shantz
Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:33 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Practical steps to enlightenment
Replies: 149
Views: 31200

Re: Practial steps to enlightment

What were your possibilities? Being a modern person. What difficulties were you having? Motivation. Why did you have to exhaust all possibilities? Because I am an idiot. :-) What beliefs did you drop? That approval from the herd is at all valuable. Did you meditate? Yes. How often did you do it? Wh...
by Greg Shantz
Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:57 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Practical steps to enlightenment
Replies: 149
Views: 31200

Re: Practial steps to enlightment

Hi truth_justice,

For my personal journey to becoming enlightened, what I did was exhaust all possibilities besides enlightenment and then I was left with no other option but full commitment [to enlightenment].

Is this what you are looking for?
by Greg Shantz
Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:55 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Enlightenment & Materialism
Replies: 86
Views: 13429

Re: Enlightenment & Materialism

Spiritism and materialism are one, and are different stages through which the same person goes one after the other. The spiritual would lose its entire dignity if it materialized. - Otto Weininger
by Greg Shantz
Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:41 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Re-establishing fundamentals
Replies: 14
Views: 5308

Re: Re-establishing fundamentals

Before making enlightenment the most important thing in my life: what is enlightenment? That is for you to define, but I would say that it is Directly Understanding Reality. Single-mindedness, perseverance, unwillingness to compromise, courage, &c. Hope this helps. It does. Everyone seems to ag...
by Greg Shantz
Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:19 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Re-establishing fundamentals
Replies: 14
Views: 5308

Re: Re-establishing fundamentals

How does one take the quickest, most direct, path from philosophic and spiritual ignorance to total, perfect enlightenment? That is simple. One only has to make becoming enlightened the most important thing in one's life and the path will then be revealed. What tools and what virtues are necessary ...
by Greg Shantz
Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:23 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: Suggestion List
Replies: 138
Views: 231177

Re: Suggestion List

Lol.
by Greg Shantz
Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:41 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: A Prayer by Dave Sim
Replies: 36
Views: 14209

Re: A Prayer by Dave Sim

I wrote: It also seems unlikely that [Sim] will do a podcast. I have asked Dave Sim about doing a Reasoning Show podcast here and he responded: I'll be happy to discuss doing the podcast about a month from now. Right now, I have exactly twenty-four days until the retailers are going to be deciding h...
by Greg Shantz
Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: The enlightenment quiz
Replies: 78
Views: 17243

Re: The enlightenment quiz

Excellent!
by Greg Shantz
Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:49 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: The enlightenment quiz
Replies: 78
Views: 17243

Re: The enlightenment quiz

Okay, I'll bite. 1. Emotions are: D. possible to transcend 2. A "thing" is best defined as: A. that which is finite and has boundaries 3. Enlightenment is: D. ineffable 4. The vast majority of men are: D. all of the above 5. The greatest book ever written is most likely to be: C. Poison fo...
by Greg Shantz
Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:38 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: What music do you prefer?
Replies: 16
Views: 6167

Re: What music do you prefer?

Stephin Merritt/The Magnetic Fields/The Gothic Archies/The Sixths/Future Bible Heroes
David Bowie
Neil Young
Kraftwerk
by Greg Shantz
Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:29 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: A Prayer by Dave Sim
Replies: 36
Views: 14209

Re: A Prayer by Dave Sim

Evidence of his having an understanding of God: Because I say what is empirically true: nothing exists except God, I am deemed to be insane. This is from Following Cerebus #11, November 2007. This quote, his other writings and his life have led me to this conclusion. It also seems unlikely that he w...
by Greg Shantz
Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:24 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: A Prayer by Dave Sim
Replies: 36
Views: 14209

Re: A Prayer by Dave Sim

I think Sim is enlightened.
by Greg Shantz
Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:38 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Another great anti-feminist site
Replies: 171
Views: 23777

Re: Another great anti-feminist site

IIt is amazing what men will put up with just to keep their sexual security, they will listen to hours of mindless gibberish, and incoherent babble, they will work jobs they hate, they will get in loads of debt, make promises they can't keep, they will have many children to please her. Basically, t...
by Greg Shantz
Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:35 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: A Prayer by Dave Sim
Replies: 36
Views: 14209

Re: A Prayer by Dave Sim

Kevin Solway wrote:Would you like to go and visit him Greg, and see if he wants to do a podcast with us?
I'll see what I can do.
Writing him a letter seems a long way to go about it.
It may be the only way!