jtr7 on 10/2/2008 at 03:26
Quote Posted by fett
There's a christian version of this as well, sometimes known as the 'name it and claim it' theology. Guys like Kenneth Copeland and Robert Tilton have gotten filthy stinking rich from it.
I wasn't gonna be the one to say it, but "name it and claim it" sprang to mind after I read the first chapter. A Christian bought the book and DVD for me. I told them to get their money back.
Pyrian on 10/2/2008 at 08:58
Quote Posted by fett
Actually, I just want the money.
Well, the central theses of the
The Secret have been repeated and repackaged and resold just about ad infinitum, so you shouldn't have much difficulty if you want to bang out a version of your own.
henke on 10/2/2008 at 09:41
I can't tell you if I've seen or read it... because it's A SECRET! HAH HAH HAH HAH aaaah
jtr7 on 10/2/2008 at 09:45
Now that I've learned the Secret, I think they have to kill me.:o
:eww:
The_Raven on 11/2/2008 at 15:48
People actually believe this shit? The sooner we wipe ourselves off the face of the Earth, the better.
henke on 11/2/2008 at 16:42
Yeah maaaaan, people suuuuuuuck. SLIT SLIT HAH HAH WOOOOOH
Shug on 12/2/2008 at 02:47
(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usbNJMUZSwo) (The Chaser's take on The Secret - Australian comedy group)
I think there's huge merit to very strong positive thinking; but after catching about 15 minutes' worth of that particular DVD it really just felt like they'd gotten it totally wrong then Americanized it to death
Scots Taffer on 12/2/2008 at 02:56
Yeah but positive thinking is worthless without talent or skill.
Though that link provides a reasonable hypothesis for how your gf always finds a fucking car spot.
Pyrian on 12/2/2008 at 22:42
I have a friend who always has a prime parking spot available when he drives somewhere. He takes it entirely for granted. We used to go Zanzibar coffee shop in Pacific Beach once a week. I lived a mile away. I drove there, couldn't find a spot, kept making larger and larger circles, finally ended up back at my own apartment - where the spot I'd left was taken. So, at the end of all that, I had to walk even farther than if I'd just not tried to drive in the first place. No stranger to hiking, I padded on over, only to have my friend pull into a newly opened parking spot right in front of the shop just as I arrived. :mad:
Anyway, that was annoying, but I've since learned something interesting: a spot will always open up when he arrives somewhere, yes, but if I'm right in front of him I can grab it before he does. :ebil: The first time I did that to him he showed up almost 30 minutes later saying, "Man, I've never had such a hard time parking!" Yeah, see how it feels, bud. :p
Muzman on 12/2/2008 at 23:02
Wow. Those excerpts on the Chaser video are something. Usually when people rehash this sort of stuff they couch it in mystical, symbolic mumbo jumbo sorts of insidious talk (see the afore mentioned 'What the %$&# to you know about reincarnation'). This one they're not even bothering with that. They're not even bothering to disguise their validation of a base desire for pointless material things with some sort of 'tangible facilitation of place in universe via moral and spiritual enlightenment' BS. No, you want it, you get it with your universe shifting powers. WoOow. This stuff is ...uh....
