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Writing Guidelines for Future Occupation of Earth by Extraterrestrials (Part #3)

  Varieties of 'extraterrestrial'? The term 'extraterrestrial'. as with 'alien', suggests a variety of interpretations to be considered in relation to the process of writing any set of guidelines. These can be tentatively clustered as follows, although this does not imply that there is not a degree of overlap between some categories: Belief and attitude : Transmundanity : Some belief systems may stress the extent to which those beliefs raise them above mundane, material. terrestrial concerns and identifications, in that sense, qualifying them as 'extraterrestrials'. Some may then be held to be 'not of this world'. Specially chosen : Those peoples, or individuals, who consider themselves specially mandated by deity, or by revelation, might be appropriately considered as 'extraterrestrials, whether by themselves or by others. This might include those who believe themselves to be 'rapture ready'. Genetic superiority : It is possible that...

The Stages Of Out-of-Body Experiences

                                           The Stages Of Out-of-Body Experiences by Charles C. Goodin ( goodin@lava.net ) The following article is part of materials being prepared for a book on the subject of astral projection. It is a work-in-progress and may be periodically updated. The author hosts the Astral Projection Home Page. This article focuses on the "experience" part of out-of-body experiences ("OOBEs"). It describes the feelings, sights and sounds common to the process by which the astral body separates either partially or completely from the physical body. It also lists some of the attitudes held by successful OOBErs. Many people new to the process are quite surprised and often relieved to learn that their "strange" experiences are in fact perfectly natural and fairly common. Depending on your experience level, you might be able to relate to some, many or perhaps e...

What Socialism Really Means

These are strange days we are living today. Many of you have watched the news or listened to your favorite right wing radio talk show host and thought, man those socialists are a bunch of jerks and nit wits. Well, I can understand that. But what you need to know is that a lot of these nut jobs that call themselves socialists are nothing more than idiots who clung to a label and nothing more. Before you click away to some other post, let me present my case to you. Socialists think that preventing someone from speaking at a campus or gathering just because of their political beliefs is wrong. In a democracy everyone should have a right to speak. Socialists believe in democracy. Socialists believe that banning gun ownership is wrong. The people should be armed and should be ready to defend their rights. If a revolution should ever come it will be the armed people who protect it. No standing army but the armed people. Socialists believe that the Black Lives Matter group hurts more than it ...

The Bible is Fiction: A Collection Of Evidence

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  PHILOSOPHY Similarities to Other Stories Unavoidable Contradictions The Logical Explanation SIMILARITIES TO OTHER STORIES The similarities between the stories and characters in the Bible and those from previous mythologies are both undeniable and well-documented. This would be obvious if it weren’t for early indoctrination of these beliefs into children, which usually makes them unassailable as adults. In this short piece I’ll attempt to show extraordinary similarities with regard to two of the most important Biblical narratives: the  Genesis  story and the character of  Jesus Christ . THE BOOK OF GENESIS’S FLOOD STORY MIRRORS THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH FROM HUNDREDS OF YEARS EARLIER Here are a number of elements that both Gilgamesh and the flood story in Genesis share: God decided to send a worldwide flood. This would drown men, women, children, babies and infants, as well as eliminate all of the land animals and birds. God knew of one righteo...