No disrespect toward you or your family, but personally I find the idea of keeping the ashes of a dead family member on display in ones house, and/or interacting with them as though they are said person, rather morbid.
And after all, their spirit has gone elsewhere.
I wouldn't have an urn in the house, it'd just get knocked over and the dog would eat the ashes and then the dog would have to be sacrificed to Elagabalus.
My friends dad has his wifes ashes in the house. He'll get cremated when he dies and they'll get scattered somewhere together, I always thought that was nice
*sigh* I was just doing some hoovering and I accidentally hoovered over the cord to my expensive headphones. The hoover decimated them within seconds, bits of headphone went flying across the room in all directions and the cord wrapped itself around the revolving mechanism at the base of the hoover. It took me a while to cut the cord free using scissors and unwind it.
Looks like I'm going to have to put off treating myself to that 'Twilight Zone' boxset I wanted to buy and purchase some new headphones. I'm not exagerating when I say that I get through two pairs of pricey headphones every year. It's as if the Great Stereo in the Sky is calling his ear-hugging children up to the heavens.
No disrespect toward you or your family, but personally I find the idea of keeping the ashes of a dead family member on display in ones house, and/or interacting with them as though they are said person, rather morbid.
Judaism has no soul to begin with. There's talk of Sheol, but it's not an afterlife like a heaven, hell, or limbo. That actually arrived into Christianity via Persian Zastroarianism.
No disrespect toward you or your family, but personally I find the idea of keeping the ashes of a dead family member on display in ones house, and/or interacting with them as though they are said person, rather morbid.
And after all, their spirit has gone elsewhere.
Alot of people actually keep urns. Well to be quite honest some people do more morbid things than keep ashes.
Judaism has no soul to begin with. There's talk of Sheol, but it's not an afterlife like a heaven, hell, or limbo. That actually arrived into Christianity via Persian Zastroarianism.
There's a debate to be had here but I hate talking religion on forums :P but one of my degrees was in theology so I do like the topic. I am a big fan of comparative religion.
But you're right about Judaism lacking a soul in its original conception.
My grandma keeps the ashes of her parents in two teapots above her dishes. The only difference between graves and urns is the distance of travel needed to pay respects. *shrug* i don't see how that's creepy at all.
You say that as if it's a universal, observable, objective fact. Which is fine for talking about yourself and all, but when you use this metaphysical concept to be incredibly judgmental about how other people deal with their deceased relatives? Not cool.
As expected it was an American import.
(The EU copy is a little rarer, newer, and a bit more expensive used)
I'm actually pretty glad though. I love the American box art. It has a bit of a classical thing going for it.
The two sequels are much rarer, since they haven't ever been released in the UK, so only a few american imports are floating around, and they go for a pretty hefty price too.
(Like £18, which is a lot for a used DS game!)
The manual looks fairly read, which is unsuprising since this game is devilishly hard!
(I imagine the previous owner being like "OMG! HOW ON EARTH DO I PLAY THIS GAME!!! AAAARRGGHH!!!" *furiously flicks through manual to make sure he's not doing anything wrong*)
But this RPG is EXACTLY what I need right now.
(As much as I like playing Shining in the Darkness on my Caanoo, its admittadely a bit bland. It lacks customisation)
EDIT: Impressive! I just booted it up now, and it appears the previous player played the game A LOT!
His characters are level 45-50, and he's pretty far into the game. How far I do not know.
Indeed, this gives me a high bar to persue. I MUST PROVE MYSELF BETTER!
Why is Homer's line "hehehe, look at it's little whiskers" from 'The Simpsons' one of my favourite moments?! It's not like it's intrinsically funny or anything. Maybe it's just because I love cats.
Well, since I tend to walk most places, veering off course for food doesn't happen too often. Since it is winter now, it doesn't happen at all. I rarely get to eat out these days. I miss it too.
The only difference between graves and urns is the distance of travel needed to pay respects. *shrug* i don't see how that's creepy at all.
I didn't say creepy, I said it seems morbid. And anyway, the distance of travel is really my point. It is one thing to go to a place to visit where one's loved one's remains are. It seems to me to be quite another experience for said place to be in one's own house.
I didn't say creepy, I said it seems morbid. And anyway, the distance of travel is really my point. It is one thing to go to a place to visit where one's loved one's remains are. It seems to me to be quite another experience for said place to be in one's own house.
I put a special on the menu today. Only one lady ordered it, but when she got it she was smiling and all giddy and was smiling throughout eating it. The gm tried it as well and wanted to put it on the menu permanently.
I didn't say creepy, I said it seems morbid. And anyway, the distance of travel is really my point. It is one thing to go to a place to visit where one's loved one's remains are. It seems to me to be quite another experience for said place to be in one's own house.
I dunno. I think that having an urn in your house is not as morbid as having a grave in your backyard.
For comparison, I have the grave of my poor deceased bunny in my backyard.
So a while back I'd used Kill Disk to absolutely wipe one of my 2 terrabyte external drives. Having done that, I knew no way to get it running again, and let it sit for two months. Just recently I realized I reaaaally wanted to get it working again and, after four days of using partition magic, computer management, testdisk and so on, I finally have it working! Wooooo for experimenting!
I put a special on the menu today. Only one lady ordered it, but when she got it she was smiling and all giddy and was smiling throughout eating it. The gm tried it as well and wanted to put it on the menu permanently.
Etrian Odyssey progress has been pretty good today.
Already have my team to level 10-11, and I'm on the 3rd floor down.
Things are getting very tough already. I've died about 5 or 6 times, but now that I have the warp item unlocked, death is mainly due to bosses slaughtering me.
I decided to go with 2 Fighter-types on the frontline for brawn, a medic (who is less frail than say a white mage in FF is) on the front for a little extra wallop, and two mages on the back row hitting the enemies hard with fire and ice spells.
Its working out pretty well, though I may need to train a third team up, (I have a second team, the "chop" team dedicated to chopping wood for me for profit! XD), with some other classes, just in case I need them later on.
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I wouldn't have an urn in the house, it'd just get knocked over and the dog would eat the ashes and then the dog would have to be sacrificed to Elagabalus.
My friends dad has his wifes ashes in the house. He'll get cremated when he dies and they'll get scattered somewhere together, I always thought that was nice
Looks like I'm going to have to put off treating myself to that 'Twilight Zone' boxset I wanted to buy and purchase some new headphones. I'm not exagerating when I say that I get through two pairs of pricey headphones every year. It's as if the Great Stereo in the Sky is calling his ear-hugging children up to the heavens.
I suspect that it's possessed by Pazuzu.
Maybe he's a shintoist.
Judaism has no soul to begin with. There's talk of Sheol, but it's not an afterlife like a heaven, hell, or limbo. That actually arrived into Christianity via Persian Zastroarianism.
Alot of people actually keep urns. Well to be quite honest some people do more morbid things than keep ashes.
There's a debate to be had here but I hate talking religion on forums :P but one of my degrees was in theology so I do like the topic. I am a big fan of comparative religion.
But you're right about Judaism lacking a soul in its original conception.
Really, I think it will be okay, but I better get typing take some grammar lessons first. No one likes bad grammar.
... Sorry but I couldn't resist.
P.S. Also, you might want to look into taking some spelling lessons whilst you're at it!
My mistake.
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Why what?
Well sleep is on my mind. I should probably listen to this thought.
As expected it was an American import.
(The EU copy is a little rarer, newer, and a bit more expensive used)
I'm actually pretty glad though. I love the American box art. It has a bit of a classical thing going for it.
The two sequels are much rarer, since they haven't ever been released in the UK, so only a few american imports are floating around, and they go for a pretty hefty price too.
(Like £18, which is a lot for a used DS game!)
The manual looks fairly read, which is unsuprising since this game is devilishly hard!
(I imagine the previous owner being like "OMG! HOW ON EARTH DO I PLAY THIS GAME!!! AAAARRGGHH!!!" *furiously flicks through manual to make sure he's not doing anything wrong*)
But this RPG is EXACTLY what I need right now.
(As much as I like playing Shining in the Darkness on my Caanoo, its admittadely a bit bland. It lacks customisation)
EDIT: Impressive! I just booted it up now, and it appears the previous player played the game A LOT!
His characters are level 45-50, and he's pretty far into the game. How far I do not know.
Indeed, this gives me a high bar to persue. I MUST PROVE MYSELF BETTER!
And the out of context quote of the day is...
Seriously, explanation please.
That's what time I was up this morning.... and when I have to be up for the rest of the week *sigh*
Is she somehow related to a certain Francis Dolarhyde?
This character's name is my response.
I could really use a cheeseburger.
My diet dictates that fast food is off the menu for the next few months, so thanks for making my mouth water!
I didn't say creepy, I said it seems morbid. And anyway, the distance of travel is really my point. It is one thing to go to a place to visit where one's loved one's remains are. It seems to me to be quite another experience for said place to be in one's own house.
In what way does the distance change anything?
this sense of pride
I dunno. I think that having an urn in your house is not as morbid as having a grave in your backyard.
For comparison, I have the grave of my poor deceased bunny in my backyard.
Congratulations, that's awesome.
Already have my team to level 10-11, and I'm on the 3rd floor down.
Things are getting very tough already. I've died about 5 or 6 times, but now that I have the warp item unlocked, death is mainly due to bosses slaughtering me.
I decided to go with 2 Fighter-types on the frontline for brawn, a medic (who is less frail than say a white mage in FF is) on the front for a little extra wallop, and two mages on the back row hitting the enemies hard with fire and ice spells.
Its working out pretty well, though I may need to train a third team up, (I have a second team, the "chop" team dedicated to chopping wood for me for profit! XD), with some other classes, just in case I need them later on.