OK. There are these things that help others understand what I'm about a
person:

1) The statement: I'm deeply impregnated by the axiom that actions do not
speak louder than words.
2) My conviction: I must remain true to my principle that I should not judge
others based on their intelligence.
3) My sworn oath: I willingly would endure the fires of hell to discover
what the truth is.

I swore that oath such a long, long, long time ago. I must have been 16 or
17 years old at the time. Oaths will haunt you for the rest of your life.
They are not ever to be taken lightly. I'm not addressing this issue out
your need to have concern for me. There are cultures where the swearing of
oaths are central to their perspective on life. Just to be perfectly honest
about it, The Vietnamese and other eastern cultures scare me more than a
little because I don't know what oaths they have sworn.

OK. There are these things that help others understand
what I'm about a person:

1) The statement: I'm deeply impregnated by the axiom that actions do not
speak louder than words.
A).Empty promise's rule ?

2) My conviction: I must remain true to my principle that I should not judge
others based on their intelligence.
B).Lack of imagination is everything ?

3) My sworn oath: I willingly would endure the fires of hell to discover
what the truth is.
C).Remember it is not a lie if you believe it to be true !

On Sep 2, 1:02 pm, "Kevin B. Murphy" comcast.net> wrote:

If by speaking we mean communication, then they certainly do. As
Vonnegut said, "You are what you pretend to be."

I agree that's a bad way to judge their basic human worth. However
feel free to rate them on their intelligence as you would on their
strength, agility, charm, flair, inner beauty, sex appeal, etc. You
can't help doing it, so you might as well be up front with yourself
about it.

Bad plan, Mr, Faust. If the fires of hell existed, avoiding them would
be the only thing that mattered.

On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:02:06 +0000, Kevin B. Murphy wrote:

This mostly is to help you understand yourself. Can you 'discover' this
truth or are your own fires really too hot?

On 2-Sep-2008, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:

I was very nearly murdered by an Aryan nations type for saying that actions
speak louder than words... ergo... Aryan nations expects me to act on their
behalf, but then so do strippers... I expect Islamic women to act on my
behalf.

IQ 333 is everything.

On 2-Sep-2008, Pop Fly gmail.com> wrote:

I know one lesson I learned. Never try to prepare a mildly retarded girl
for her GED. I spent a whole week trying to teach her the 5 parts of speech
and she still couldn't remember them. The only rational conclusion that I
could come up with is that she thought I was teaching her witchcraft.

On 2-Sep-2008, Pop Fly gmail.com> wrote:

Well, you know, I don't believe that there are any obstacles in the
afterlife that would impede us from going to the place where we want to go.
Hell is too hot for some but perhaps not for others. Hell is an intriquing
place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.

On 3-Sep-2008, ZerkonX X.net> wrote:

Well, I was speaking on the mind-body dualism (or disconnection) earlier and
rather than getting bogged down in that, it seemed relevant to me to branch
out instead. The mind-body disconnection branches out into sworn oaths and
determinism, is what I claim.

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On 3-Sep-2008, "tooly" bellsouth.net> wrote:

I'm hard pressed to believe in places myself, tooly, but others are much
more perplexed by it. The better option is to not be to sarcastic about it
even if one needs to be a bit condescending about it instead.