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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhether "religion," philosophy, or cult, name some nuggets of valid observation in them
* scientology: "clearing" hang-ups/guilt/negatives that block forging ahead.
* Buddhism: Removing oneself from being enthralled by emotions.
* (Shinto?): Inner holy essence in all things, animate or inanimate.
* Stoicism: Striving for nobility.
Feel free to correct my interpretations.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,371 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)If we went out after church we'd go to Mexican or seafood and leave a crappy tip (not me - I wasn't in charge of paying back then). I learned 2 things from my shitty baptist upbringing - be an atheist and tipping well is a more positive influence on someone's life than praying. Always.
lol, i just remembered - my mom once confessed to me that if she thought the waitress was being "too flirty" with my step-dad, she'd surreptitiously snatch a few of the dollar bills from the tip on the way out.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,371 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)We had some regular Sunday after church dinner places but not for fried chicken. That was strictly home or other church-ladies.
El Fenix or the Spanish Galleon - that was our go to Sunday dinners when mom wasn't cooking. (I liked the SG because the entrance looked like a the back end of a big Spanish Galleon ship - and they had the best clam chowder)
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I can't stand the throngs of pasty, overdressed old white people that descend from the hills into the Cracker Barrels and Red Lobsters every Sunday. You cannot get home cookin' anywhere but at home (exceptions made for Mrs Wilkes Boarding House in Savannah). Chain restaurants don't add up. You've got to have a few grandmothers locked in the back of your restaurant for it to approach anything close to good home cookin'
UTUSN
(70,715 posts)PassingFair
(22,434 posts)*Acceptance
*Virtue as its own reward
UTUSN
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)UTUSN
(70,715 posts)and I'm using the Wiki quote-of-the-day (below) to harass the Hugo CHAVEZ contingent of our DU super-idealists (whom I sincerely LOVE and ADMIRE for their beautiful, though in my view mis-channeled, idealism), I am enthusiastically enlisting in the Tuesday Afternoon religion/philosophy/cult!1
[font size=5]" No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance."
~ Henry Miller ~[/font]
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)antiquie
(4,299 posts)Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant