Faith is Funny
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Margerethenkapelle on top of the Wiehengebirge. One of my special places since I visited a concert on a Winter evening here many years ago. October waved goodby with sunshine and warm tempereratures and we used the perfect weather for an extended hiking tour on the Wittedindsweg, a crest trail on the Wiehengebirge from Porta Westfalica in the East to the Osnabrück area in the West. Before the sun went down we visited the most interesting spots of the Eastern part of the trail.
Created for Award Tree Challenge 220.0 ~ Mystical Light ~
All work done in MidJourney and Photoshop Beta23 .
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”Shakkin’ Briggie” (St Devenick’s Bridge) over the River Dee from Ardoe to Cults, Aberdeen - opened in 1837. Funded by Rev Dr George Morison to give 700 parishioners on the north bank access to his church on the south bank (they were crossing the river by boat). You would need more than a prayer to cross on it now!
San Francisco dream cityscape about our strongly held beliefs and paradigm shifts.
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Wishing everyone, whatever your beliefs, a merry & warm Winter Solstice and love, luck, and peace for the new year!
East of the Sun & West of the Moon - from the Nordic folk tale www.pitt.edu/~dash/norway034.html
Picture part of the Christmas Showcase at The Lost Unicorn Gallery
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General Watkins Conservation Area
Scott County Missouri
Photo taken on October 22, 2020
The sun is hiding were I’m standing but at the top of the hill it's brilliant beyond belief. I want to walk to the top of this hill and let this stunning sunshine rain down on me and be baptized in its brilliance.
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"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” - Buddha
Five years ago if someone would have told me that I'd be shooting rebuilt CP SD9043AC's in maroon and grey paint in St Paul, I'd have thought they were nuts. Or high.
But here we are, doing just that on a beautiful Fall day. And these engines look GREAT! I gotta give them credit, CP really nailed it with these two Heritage units. They're on their first revenue run with train 197. Still can't believe what I saw today.
Barbed-wire in Belfast, segregating the Protestant and Catholic communities. Religion has a lot to answer for in the suffering of people throughout the world.
Seeing artist Barbara Kruger's installation at MoMA yesterday reminded me that I had seen her work installed at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC in 2016.
From the museum's website: "Large areas of the installation are devoted to open-ended questions (“WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO SPEAKS? WHO IS SILENT?”), while the section occupying the bookstore explores themes of desire and consumption. At once addressing the individual, the museum, and, symbolically, the country, Kruger’s penetrating examination of the public sphere transforms one of the Hirshhorn’s key public spaces."
The Aztec belief was that brave warriors that died in battle and women who died in childbirth ( wow ! ) would ascend to the Sun and War God's palace as a hummingbird. He is always represented with a blue-green hummingbird helmet.
And it can't hurt to have a rainbow path leading right to the afterlife-----
After I depart this earthly plain, look for me in your local hummingbird !!!
Luzzus are essentially traditional Maltese fishing boats. They are typically painted in traditional bright colours including blue,
yellow, red and green. You can normally spot a rather large number of luzzus in Malta’s seaside villages.
There is quite a lot of superstition surrounding the luzzu, the most prominent of them all being the painted or engraved pair of eyes on the front of the boat. These eyes are believed to be a modern survival of an old Phoenician tradition, and are normally referred to as the Eye of Orisis, or the Eye of Horus – the Phoenicians’ god of protection from evil. They are a symbol of protection and good health, and are believed to protect the fishermen from any harm while they are out at sea.
In addition to this, luzzus are normally inherited from a person’s father and grandfather. However, although the exact colours of each luzzu vary from one another, the colours of each luzzu are normally kept exactly the same due to superstitious belief. Therefore, when the old paint is completely stripped off the boat every five years, in order for the fisherman to closely inspect his boat for anything that needs to be replaced, the boat is then re-painted in exactly the same colours that the person’s father and grandfather had used.
Demons, evil and the Devil himself.
Believing in the devil is often seen as an inherent component of theistic belief in God. From a theological standpoint, the concept of the devil serves a number of crucial purposes.
Acknowledging the existence of the devil helps to explain the presence of evil and suffering in the world.
If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and benevolent, why does evil persist? The belief in the devil provides an answer by positing that evil is the result of a fallen angel who opposes God's will and actively seeks to corrupt humanity.
This understanding allows believers to reconcile the coexistence of an all-loving God and the presence of evil in the world.
Every good story needs a villain. Without the Devil the "God story" doesn't work.
Honiton, Devon, UK.
There are so many questions one may have on any given day. This is a new day in a new year, but although the numbers have changed, it is just another day.
"Penance can't absolve your sin
Into me, penance can't absolve your sin
All your belief, cannot absolve your sin".
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"La penitencia no puede absolver tu pecado
En mí, la penitencia no puede absolver tu pecado
Toda tu creencia, no puedes absolver tu pecado".
P. Fumiko
I hope that you like it ^.^
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Respect is earned,
Honesty is appreciated,
Trust is gained,
Loyalty is returned.
Auliq Ice
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
John F. Kennedy
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
Jimmy Carter
We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more,
Bill Clinton
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama
Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.
Brian Tracey
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
Nelson Mandela
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A tiny tooth, a sparkly gleam,
A secret hope, a whispered dream.
A child's belief, pure and true,
In magic's touch, a fairy's hue.
The tooth fairy, a gentle soul,
Her magic shines, making hearts whole.
She whispers softly, a lullaby,
As children sleep beneath the sky.
A sprinkle of dust, a fairy's kiss,
A treasure left, a wish to this.
A child's belief, forever bright,
Guiding them through the darkest night.
So let your heart believe in her,
The tooth fairy, a guiding star.
For as long as you believe in her,
She'll always believe in you, my dear.
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Bento Mesh Head: LeLutka Noel EVO-X
Bento Mesh Body: Maitreya Lara
Face: Aqua (Grey Alien) by [Heaux]
Body: Ipanema Skinny (Grey Alien) by VELOUR
Fae Eyes: Absinthe
Etheria Brows: .lovelysweet.
Pixie Gauged Ears: ^^Swallow^^
Fairy Hair (Powder): Boudoir
Body Tatt: Metallic Arrow by Izzie's
Ensemble: Astrid (incl. dress, pantie & string) by .Safira.
Tessa Feet Jewels: : CULT :
Elven Wings: Les Encantades
Helio Headpiece: 22769
Sweet Tooth Earrings: Rotten
Tooth Fairy Holdable: [Apika]
POSE: Flight 18 by Poseidon
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We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what the color. - Maya Angelou
We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. - Jimmy Carter
I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it’s own greatest strength - it’s diversity. - Melissa Etheridge
Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained. - W.H. Auden
If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear. -
Gene Roddenberry
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. - Charles Evans Hughes
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“I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles.” - Audrey Hepburn.
Meet Tahlia. A beautiful and alluring model who dressed and played Audrey Hepburn for this portrait shoot. Well done Tahlia 👏 🔥