![]() |
|
Philosophy Religions, schools of thought, matters of importance and navel-gazing |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
![]() |
#16 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
I don't think this one will make it to the 'extra new' testiment as a bible story.
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#17 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
Did you hear the one about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac?
He lay awake all night wondering if there really is a dog...(Har har) ![]()
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#18 | |
Lecturer
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 768
|
Quote:
Gods are strictly conceptual entities that cultures create to explain their assumed superiority. It's not that our compasses break, it's that magnetic north is in a different location for each individual and moves around depending on the circumstances of of the individual at a particular time. We'd be better off without the concept.
__________________
Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem. ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#19 |
to live and die in LA
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 2,090
|
Any chance this thread is going to move beyond loud conjecture and personal hobby horses? I'll take "No" for $20.
What is God? The necessary, non-contingent, personal, a-priori creator. Necessary – not possible to not exist. If anything exists, God exists. Non-contingent – God’s being and prerogative are not submitted to any other. God acts without constraint, and exist without prior cause. Personal – possessing all of the necessary features of personhood, including reason, will, and agency. Not an impersonal force, but a rational agent. A-priori Creator – God existed prior to any first-event, and was the sufficient cause of the first event.
__________________
to live and die in LA |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#20 | |
Snowflake
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dystopia
Posts: 13,136
|
Quote:
__________________
****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#21 | ||
Snowflake
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dystopia
Posts: 13,136
|
Quote:
Quote:
__________________
****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#22 |
Bioengineer and aspiring lawer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 872
|
My personal theory is someone got REALLY pissed off at some moral-equivalence spouting bastard. Equally good would be something to scare people into behaving like reasonable people instead of what comes naturally.
btw,has anyone ever sat down and really though hard through the concept of moral equivalency? Kind of like communism, nice on paper, sucks the big one in real life.
__________________
The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#23 |
Snowflake
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dystopia
Posts: 13,136
|
It seems to be a very popular buzzword. That's about the extent of my thoughts on it.
__________________
****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#24 |
Encroaching on your decrees
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland
Posts: 7,016
|
I like the "big guy with the ant farm" theory. He may also be a little forgetful ...
__________________
Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|