The Whirlwind Wrote:
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> Truth wins Wrote:
>
> > To me the devil is FEAR. And fear is the only
> > ennemy I fight every day.
> > When we fear, we have no power. PERIOD. Be it
> > fearing guru, God...
> > All religions have proven themselves to be fear
> > based. Even Vaishnavism that invites people to
> > commit suicide if they are offensive or hear
> > offenses.
>
> First: do you know what the Latin root of the word
> "adore" is, Truth winds? It is "adorare", which
> means "worship" or "fear". This is not the kind
> of fear that one would have of a loaded gun, for
> example, but rather the fear one would have of the
> power of the Sun.
>
> "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom",
> as the Good Book says (Proverbs 9:10).
>
> Next: that's bullshit. Vaisnavism does not invite
> people to kill themselves if they are offensive or
> hear offenses. Where did you come up with such
> nonsense?
Truth wins, do you know where I learned about the Latin word "adorare"? It was not in some fancy seminary class or whatever, but from the movie "Malcolm X". A movie, a Hollywood movie! It was that movie which taught me this Latin word.
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See for yourself; the script is right here and I recommend the Spike Lee film to you as well:
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www.dailyscript.com]