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BS: Is!!!!

12 Sep 05 - 04:42 PM (#1562078)
Subject: BS: Is!!!!
From: Little Hawk

Go ahead. Argue about it.


12 Sep 05 - 04:44 PM (#1562083)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: SINSULL

ISN"T!!!!


12 Sep 05 - 04:45 PM (#1562085)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Liz the Squeak

Maaaaybe!

LTS


12 Sep 05 - 04:46 PM (#1562089)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: lady penelope

'Tain't, 'tain't, 'taint! So ner!


12 Sep 05 - 04:46 PM (#1562090)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Susu's Hubby

It depends on what the definition of "is" is.




Hubby


12 Sep 05 - 04:50 PM (#1562100)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: gnu

2b


12 Sep 05 - 04:53 PM (#1562104)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: GUEST,Mooky

IS NOT!!!!!!!!!!


12 Sep 05 - 04:57 PM (#1562108)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Wesley S

Can't we all just get along ??


12 Sep 05 - 04:58 PM (#1562111)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bunnahabhain

"Is", under the folk process has been misheard and transcribed from the proto-indo-european word "kangaroo", as can clearly be seen in the 47th verse of the long and obscure ballard, "the sailor who is given permission to marry his lass, she doesn't die in childbirth and he isn't called away to war on the way to church"...


12 Sep 05 - 04:59 PM (#1562113)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Stu

Oh, some 'isists' here are there?


12 Sep 05 - 05:00 PM (#1562115)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Wesley S

But "is" it folk music ?


12 Sep 05 - 05:00 PM (#1562116)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: GUEST,Pesconey

I take grave exception to your entire proposition. You are in error. Totally so. You're wrong.


12 Sep 05 - 05:01 PM (#1562118)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bill D

I won't discuss half the issue...Isis, or nothing..


12 Sep 05 - 05:02 PM (#1562120)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Liz the Squeak

Is not isists.. it's isisms.

LTS


12 Sep 05 - 05:03 PM (#1562123)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: GUEST,Yeah?

Is too!


12 Sep 05 - 05:05 PM (#1562125)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Amos

Here comes a schism
On this side "Ism"
ALways wild and making free
On that side, Being,
Who say its freeing,
To give up Is and simply Be.
It's quite confusing
They both want choosing
And their assertions are profound
To find the _best_ path,
Wheter East or West path
Simply spins your head around!

IS or BE, Be ir Is,
Makes my brain cells start to fizz
HE who is not busy Being
May just be an Issy being!
Which of these is truly freeing?
Which is freely True?

Be or Is, Is or Be,
Some say it's all one to me,
IF your life is loud and whizzing,
You seem apt to prefer Ising
But if your soul just loves pure Seeing
You might like to go for Being

A


12 Sep 05 - 05:12 PM (#1562133)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: GUEST,Jon

Go ahead. Argue about it.

Argue about Is or It, LH?

If you must insist on starting these controversial threads, you should at least make it clear what it is or what it isn't you are waffling on about.


12 Sep 05 - 05:13 PM (#1562135)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bill D

The Higher Pantheism in a Nutshell"
Algernon Charles Swinburn


One, who is not, we see; but one, whom we see not, is;
Surely this is not that; but that is assuredly this.

What, and wherefore, and whence? for under is over and under;
If thunder could be without lightning, lightning could be without thunder.

Doubt is faith in the main; but faith, on the whole, is doubt;
We cannot believe by proof; but could we believe without?

Why, and whither, and how? for barley and rye are not clover;
Neither are straight lines curves; yet over is under and over.

Two and two may be four; but four and four are not eight;
Fate and God may be twain; but God is the same as fate.

Ask a man what he thinks, and get from a man what he feels;
God, once caught in the fact, shows you a fair pair of heels.

Body and spirit are twins; God only knows which is which;
The soul squats down in the flesh, like a tinker drunk in a ditch.

More is the whole than a part; but half is more than the whole;
Clearly, the soul is the body; but is not the body the soul?

One and two are not one; but one and nothing is two;
Truth can hardly be false, if falsehood cannot be true.

Once the mastodon was; pterodactyls were common as cocks;
Then the mammoth was God; now is He a prize ox.

Parallels all things are; yet many of these are askew;
You are certainly I; but certainly I am not you.

Springs the rock from the plain, shoots the stream from the rock;
Cocks exist for the hen; but hens exist for the cock.

God, whom we see not, is; and God, who is not, we see;
Fiddle, we know, is diddle, and diddle, we take it, is dee.


12 Sep 05 - 05:15 PM (#1562137)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: GUEST,Witness

IS. WAS, and EVER SHALL BE!


12 Sep 05 - 05:19 PM (#1562142)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Wesley S

I've heard from an excellent source that "The Great I Am" has shortened His name to "Is" for convenience.


12 Sep 05 - 05:32 PM (#1562152)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bill D

I thought IS and WAS added up to "HAS BEEN"...but since the whole is-ness and was-ness has become a matter of busi-ness, I am bemused by the whole thing.


12 Sep 05 - 05:44 PM (#1562156)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bill D

Isis


12 Sep 05 - 05:46 PM (#1562157)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: freda underhill

this is all too much. I'm having a mid life Isis.


12 Sep 05 - 05:58 PM (#1562167)
Subject: RE: BS: Js!!!! Ks!!! Ls!!! ...
From: MudGuard

;-)


12 Sep 05 - 05:58 PM (#1562168)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Don Firth

For your serious contemplation:
René Descartes walked into a McDonald's and ordered a Big Mac.

The kid in the paper hat asked, "D'ya want fries with that?"

Descartes answered, "I think not."

And disappeared!
By the way, BillD, I'm sure you were aware that the term "expert" comes from two Latin words: ex, meaning "has-been" and "spurt," which is a little drip under pressure. . . .

Don Firth


12 Sep 05 - 05:59 PM (#1562170)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bill D

not bad, freda!....a goddess in your own time!


12 Sep 05 - 06:04 PM (#1562175)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Joe Offer

I dunno. Whatever Shambles says must be right.
-Joe Offer-


12 Sep 05 - 06:14 PM (#1562187)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bill D

shhhh!!!!!!


12 Sep 05 - 06:17 PM (#1562192)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: GUEST

-it!


12 Sep 05 - 06:24 PM (#1562200)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Ebbie

waht Is?


12 Sep 05 - 06:50 PM (#1562222)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Cluin

Stupif!


12 Sep 05 - 06:54 PM (#1562223)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: bfdk

Now, this is what I call is ;-))


12 Sep 05 - 07:16 PM (#1562256)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: McGrath of Harlow

isis, hecate, diana...


12 Sep 05 - 07:18 PM (#1562258)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bill D

Mildred, New Jersey goddess of hair salons.


12 Sep 05 - 07:20 PM (#1562262)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: bobad

Is you is or is you ain't?


12 Sep 05 - 07:22 PM (#1562266)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Cluin

Est.


12 Sep 05 - 07:24 PM (#1562269)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Cluin

N'est pas?


12 Sep 05 - 07:25 PM (#1562271)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: frogprince

que sara, sara...
whatever is be, is be...


12 Sep 05 - 07:30 PM (#1562278)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bobert

Well gol danged, LH!!!

Ain't so much 'bout "Iz" but 'bout "Ain't"... Shoot, anyone can discuss and arguie 'till the possum comes home "iz" stuff 'cause, it "is" and therefore everyone can see it... Heck, don't take no brain scientist to do that...

But argunin' 'er disusseratin' what "ain't" is where we seperate the men from the boys 'cause now you is into the relm of ideas and concepts and stuff that you can't touch... Why can't ya??? Hey, I tolt ya' allready... Please try to keep up here...

Yeah, the Land of Ain't "Iz" where's it's at... Get on the bandwagen now and leave the "Izzers" to their miserable little small minds and their miserable little lives...

AIN'T ROCKS, iz don't...

Bobert


12 Sep 05 - 07:33 PM (#1562280)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Cluin

Or as the Rougenecks in Northern Ontario say: "`S pas?"


`Ce tu fait?


12 Sep 05 - 07:39 PM (#1562286)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Little Hawk

You're wrong, Bobert. ;-)


12 Sep 05 - 07:46 PM (#1562294)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bobert

You're wrong, LH ;-)


12 Sep 05 - 07:46 PM (#1562296)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T

Make up yer minds. Is'm or isnt'm?

My head hurts
DT


12 Sep 05 - 07:49 PM (#1562301)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: frogprince

Is you is, or is you ain't my baby?..


12 Sep 05 - 07:51 PM (#1562302)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: dianavan

I try to avoid isms.


12 Sep 05 - 07:54 PM (#1562307)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: bobad

IZ


12 Sep 05 - 07:56 PM (#1562308)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bobert

"Imagination is more important that knowledge, for while knowledge may tell one what is, imagination will tell one what may be..."

Einstien


12 Sep 05 - 08:09 PM (#1562324)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Bill D

boy, bobad... HE sure IZ!


12 Sep 05 - 08:40 PM (#1562360)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Alice

I came in here to have an argument.

No, you didn't.

Yes, I did.

No, you didn't.

This isn't an argument, you're just contradicting me.

No I'm not.

Yes, you are.

No, I'm not.........


12 Sep 05 - 09:07 PM (#1562386)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: bobad

Correction Bill D.....WAZ!


12 Sep 05 - 09:25 PM (#1562398)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Beer

What "IS" folk music?
Forget it, there is no correct answer.
Beer


12 Sep 05 - 10:31 PM (#1562423)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: number 6

Island ... or is it Isle ... but to be certain it aint I'll ... but isn't it sorta like esti?

sIx


13 Sep 05 - 12:00 AM (#1562455)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: JennyO

What's is all about - ALFEEEEEEEEE?


13 Sep 05 - 04:00 AM (#1562518)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: gnu

Is or isn't s/he, only Mildred knows.


13 Sep 05 - 04:19 AM (#1562529)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Liz the Squeak

No... Dog only nose.

LTS


13 Sep 05 - 08:16 AM (#1562641)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: GUEST

Is 'is' rubbish ?


13 Sep 05 - 11:52 AM (#1562793)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie

Indisputably
Spurious


13 Sep 05 - 12:06 PM (#1562799)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: MMario

'Is' is not 'Is not'

'Is not' is not 'not is'

'Is not' is not 'Is'

'Is' is not 'not is'


14 Sep 05 - 07:48 AM (#1563412)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: polaitaly

To is or not to is
this is the problem
(or maybe it is not)


14 Sep 05 - 09:04 AM (#1563466)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: freda underhill

...si...


14 Sep 05 - 09:07 AM (#1563467)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: freda underhill

..as usual, seeing things the wrong way up from down here..


14 Sep 05 - 10:20 AM (#1563509)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Amos

To Be, or simply Is, I wot
When all around are hard of seeing
And Being won't, and Is is not
And none can think of merely being
Is not any easy choice to make!
To hell with that! Let's have some cake.


Llewellyn Armand Codwallop III
Whimsies and Borogroves
Duncan, Slerpin and Dripp
Detroit, Michigan 1973


14 Sep 05 - 11:08 AM (#1563536)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie

I ndescribably
S oggy


14 Sep 05 - 12:18 PM (#1563585)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: Little Hawk

I feel that this thread accomplishes pretty much the same as most of the others on here, but does it much more succinctly. That is my point. ;-)


14 Sep 05 - 07:31 PM (#1563870)
Subject: RE: BS: Is!!!!
From: hilda fish

'tis or ti snot - either way, wipe that nose.