Re: first off, of course yr afraid of yr father, yr catholic, now
Originally posted by h. von bingen
1. the prettiest. unfortunately, for us, faith won't get u there. we gotta have FAITH and WORKS (results in alotta scholarly product). here's my judeo-christian in a nutshell: judiasm -- works-- ie the law, protestantism -- faith -- luther, catholicism -- faith and works -- pick 'em. i'm in the market for a religion that requires neither faith nor works -- buddhism? but ain't really a religion, its a PHILOSOPHY. what i like about catholocism is that it's a death sentence see e.g. maughm or greene.
2. i'm too old for just say no. moreover, i've barely ever said no to anything.
3. i'm just saying, like girls who go out with bad boys. commitmentphobes have an easier time committing to the uncommittable.
4. yr right. i thought u met her during commercial sex. if not what's the beef? we all have jobs which we'd rather not have done. can anyone say arthur treacher's fish and chips?
5. welcome to adulthood. it gets worse. eventually loneliness is not inchoate angst, but rather the actual absence of yr dead friends. no matter you never saw them in yr busy busy life in the big city.
i'm sorry u miss her. u know me VERY ROMANTIC, go get her and start a life together. if it gets fucked up, no regrets.
u've been very brave.
hvb
1. Yes faith and works. (accepting Jesus as my savior and therefore living by his teachings) are the paths to salvation, but God meets us halfway with love and forgiveness. Brilliant.
Buddhism is a religion (creation myth, primordial man, etc). They just do their best marketing when they ignore their Hinudist roots (and unerpinnings). Kind of like Protestants that deride ritual and mysticism that are such an important part of the history and development of Christianity (Judeo-Christianity, really... well you can even go back further than Judeo, but there's a character posting limit).
2. That's what I was trying to imply, but I was told it was impolite to call a woman, old.
3. Excpet I'm not a committmentphobe. If anything, my predisposition to codependence makes me a commitmmentphile.
4. I met her while she was a prostitute. She was an ex-prostitute when we had our relationship. The in between stuff is why I think CiTV is fundamentally flawed.
5. I'm sure. Every expression of individual identity is another step in alienation and isolation. And it's not just getting worse as we get older, it's getting worse as society does.
I miss her, but our relationship is what it is. I think it would be counterproductive to attempt to make more of this than it really is.
There is a fine line between... But that's the way I like to think about it.