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vickyjun @vickyjun (35) • China 22 Jul 07

I have been an English learner for more than 10 years,but my English is still very poor,especially pronunciation.My teacher told me that it is because there is not an English environment around me.So I want to find a native...

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Odin27 I don't know if it would help but have you thought of chatting to english speakers over the internet? English is my native tongue but I've spoken to people overseas and shared language exchanges, usually only a few phrases though. Reading through an oxford...

22 Jul 07

Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 22 Jul 07

Can nationalism still have a place with a broader perspective and understanding of humans and their shared experience? It seems to me to be just an illusion designed to foster cooperation between people in a limited location, but...

nationalism

religion

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Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 19 May 07

Do you correct liars or people who seem to live in their own little worlds? If a relative or friend were telling a story involving you, and got it all wrong, would you correct them in front of others? Or would you wait and talk to...

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Odin27 I get that from family and friends sometimes, I don't usually correct them. I feel why should I? I shouldn't have to defend myself or the timeline of events with people who should know better, While it can be more awkward if someone who doesn't know me listens...

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Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 30 Apr 07

I am wondering if there is as much examination and discussion of Christianity and other religions in Asia and Africa as there is in western countries. I wonder this because of the large number of conversions there to foreign...

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Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 18 Apr 07

Has anyone thought that a new religious/spritual founder will one day come again? I wonder what the next ones to come will be like and what they will say. What does this say about spirituality and religion when we regularly...

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Odin27 I see the state of the world as more cyclic and transitory, I believe history also repeats itself. There will come a day when we are the ancient people of the past, our beliefs and views if still around will become old and some fresh interpretation or new...

20 Apr 07

Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 19 Apr 07

If we suppose there is a creator of all things and that they designed the universe/afterlife and its laws and systems, and that being also has the virtues of mankind but to a greater extent such as compassion, do you think a...

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Odin27 If an omnipotent being dislikes suffering and is in a position to create everything, why would suffering exist? any answer will still be based on conditions the being created...

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Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 19 Apr 07

If we suppose there is a creator of all things and that they designed the universe/afterlife and its laws and systems, and that being also has the virtues of mankind but to a greater extent such as compassion, do you think a...

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Odin27 If God created a system of reality to weed out those he created but didn't feel where fit to be in his presence, and then consigns them to hell, I don't see that as displaying compassion.

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Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 19 Apr 07

If we suppose there is a creator of all things and that they designed the universe/afterlife and its laws and systems, and that being also has the virtues of mankind but to a greater extent such as compassion, do you think a...

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Odin27 I have studied it before and found more questions than answers. It didn't reveal to me a compassionate design at all.

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Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 19 Apr 07

If we suppose there is a creator of all things and that they designed the universe/afterlife and its laws and systems, and that being also has the virtues of mankind but to a greater extent such as compassion, do you think a...

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Odin27 Creating a system with the possibility of failure and suffering does not in my view show a real wish that none will perish. If God is omnipotent and has a desire, how can it not be fullfilled? except through his own decision for it not to be? which results in...

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Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 19 Apr 07

If we suppose there is a creator of all things and that they designed the universe/afterlife and its laws and systems, and that being also has the virtues of mankind but to a greater extent such as compassion, do you think a...

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ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18261) 19 Apr 07

Do you go to heaven, to hell,do you have something else in mind?

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Odin27 Depending on the circumstances of my death and what karma is more familiar in life, positive or negative, I will end up migrating to one of 6 rebirths. Upon death I will enter the bardo intermediate death state as a subtle mental continuum, Then I will be...

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Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 18 Apr 07

I was wondering if there are any Tibetan Buddhists or others who have read a Lam-rim text here? I have the version by Pabonkga Rinpoche which I find is very good. Have you read the Lam-rim commentary "essence of refined gold"...

chrisjfj @chrisjfj (232) • United States 16 Nov 06

is anyone here who knows a lot about buddhism?

buddhism

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Odin27 I follow Tibetan Buddhism, I noticed you said rebirth was voluntary, In the study and teachings i've recieved rebirth is seen as normally uncontrolled and is part of the cycle of samsara, entering the bardo death state is quite distressing and most sentient...

18 Apr 07

WeenitsMom @WeenitsMom (492) • United States 15 Apr 07

Okay, I am new to anime and I have fallen in love with it. I want to know more. Can anyone tell me where I can learn more? I love Samurai Deeper Kyo so I have one oinline to learn more about the history there and also Mirage of...

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Odin27 Forgot Full metal alchemist

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WeenitsMom @WeenitsMom (492) • United States 15 Apr 07

Okay, I am new to anime and I have fallen in love with it. I want to know more. Can anyone tell me where I can learn more? I love Samurai Deeper Kyo so I have one oinline to learn more about the history there and also Mirage of...

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Odin27 I can recommend Sayuki, Inuyasha Trigun and Martian successor Nadesico as good series, theres alot of good movies too like vampire hunter D, Ghost in the shell. It really depends on your tastes what you'll like most.

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Riptide @Riptide (2758) • United States 23 Mar 07

Have you ever asked yourself who the Sphinx represents and who built it and when? It seems scientist are not even certain. I think the Sphinx is one of the greatest mysteries in the world. There are suppose to be secret chambers...

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Odin27 I've read a number of books discussing the sphinx, some interesting things to note are the rain weathering on its body, and the proportion of its head to its body, it hasn't rained regularly on the sphinx for 10k+ years and the head may be a later addition...

18 Apr 07

Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 18 Apr 07

Has anyone thought that a new religious/spritual founder will one day come again? I wonder what the next ones to come will be like and what they will say. What does this say about spirituality and religion when we regularly...

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mjsdls @mjsdls (1840) • United States 15 Apr 07

Why do some religions forbid the eating of pork?

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Odin27 Why wasn't the same taboo created in western countries?

16 Apr 07

stacyv81 @stacyv81 (5903) • United States 3 Apr 07

So, last night when explaining to someone about God, they asked me, why God made us when he knew we would suffer. Well, I compared God to parents. I said, "Why did you have children, if you knew that one day they would suffer and...

religion

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Odin27 Would you send your kids to hell if they didn't do what you told them to? It is difficult comparing an ultimate being to a parent. If you have a perfect being who creates all the rules, is also the cause for teaching and defining a persons path in life,...

3 Apr 07

Odin27 @Odin27 (63) • Australia 3 Apr 07

Do you do good deeds and avoid bad deeds because of their positive/negative effects or just because the bible promotes/prohibits it.?

bad

christianity

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