On 10/1/2017 12:09 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 6:40:27 AM UTC-10, Roy wrote:
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>> Blessing animate or inanimate objects is a throw-back to when our forebears
>> (monkeys) were scared living in the jungles. Dem wild cats had big teeth.
>> Blessing anything is a frickin waste of time and effort.
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> These rituals and beliefs have it's origins in man's earliest days and are buried deep within our DNA. We cannot cast them off any more than we can rid ourselves of the remnants of our ancient physiology. You could say that the human spine is stupid and a frickin waste of time but as far as I know, we're stuck with it for the next few hundred thousand generations.
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An elegant examination of that which we may not change, yes.

I'd like to apply to be a cuttle fish next go.