Quote Originally Posted by ChildhoodDream View Post
Taxes are not that bad so far as I have Homestead credits. Last year was $328.00 total. Less then my vehicle insurance for a year.

As for superstition it goes much deeper then what fanatic sports followers wear.

Religion is mostly superstition and rituals.

It's all about the "money" and if looked at and measured with research, we find that money is just a fancy I.O.U. that people including myself will take as CA$H as long as others will.

Illusions and false facades is what the world is constructed of. I can see well what's behind the facades and illusions as I'm not that interested in them.

Rituals are very popular. Any that I follow, I do in fun and realize that I'm playing make believe and pretend and acting silly.

I have learned that most haven't a clue to how I Live and what makes me tick. I'm very aware that I can make people uncomfortable with who I AM.

I find that most humans are not interested in growing up beyond age and size. Overgrown toddlers with loaded weapons.
Well ... as you said " There's nothing new under the sun ."

You have to be careful with the holy scriptures though because they can read different ways depending upon your level of understanding. Someone with little or no understanding takes it at face value. An intermediate would interpret it another way and a person of advanced learning might interpret as meaning something entirely different. That's why they have bible study ... so that the Christians can gain a deeper understanding of their faith.

Anyhow ... opinions very. My opinion ... though probably not very well informed ... is that " Nothing new under the sun " was more likely a commentary on human nature. Times change ... great empires rise and fall ... yet basic human nature has changed very little over the past 4,000 years or so of recorded history.

You read the ancient religious texts from places like China, India, South America, the Middle East, and Europe ... and the authors of those books reveal volumes about themselves if you have a basic understanding of human nature. It just takes the quality of human empathy. There are different personality types that repeat through history. Not entirely unlike the 13 different Cylon models from Battlestar Galactica if you're into Sci fi.

Anyhow ..there's nothing like settling in with a hot cup of coffee and a good book next to the woodstove in a cold winter's day. You might like the writings of Henry David Thoreau. He was a man very much like yourself.

In fact ... the resemblance is almost uncanny.