I wish we would all honestly and humbly admit that WE KNOW NEXT TO NOTHING.
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:41 AM, B Soroud <bsor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Plus.... lets think through this notion of the Whole.. > > Is there any such whole? how would you define this whole? What constitutes > this whole? what is the enduring aspect or defining characteristic of this > whole? > > perhaps this "whole" is our vague and confused invention.... or a mere > speculative inquiry. > > in your notion of the whole the same age-old problems arise...... > > the problem of unity and diversity... of change and changelesness.... > > What is universal and invariable about your whole... what is enduring about > your whole? what is essential about your whole? and are these just > "matters", "essences", "forces"? > > and we just the temporary products and observers or deducers of them? > > THOUGHT is the most difficult thing in the world.... > > "Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and > of things which are not, that they are not" (Protagoras) > > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:36 AM, B Soroud <bsor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> "The existence of the whole of that which exists is indisputable (by >> definition)," >> >> But we don't know the "whole of that which exists".... and we shouldn't >> conceive of the "whole of that which exists" as external to us our outside >> of us, as "out their somewhere".... "we" are confused and included in the >> "whole of that which exists".... whatever in the world that or it or I is. >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:31 AM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: >> >>> ** >>> On 7/5/2011 9:23 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 2:31 PM, B Soroud <bsor...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> lol, you still believe in the dream of God = truth/reality. >>>> >>>> Truth/Reality? >>>> >>>> nice one! >>>> >>>> >>> What is wrong with equating all of truth and all of reality with God? >>> The existence of the whole of that which exists is indisputable (by >>> definition), so calling it God is a matter of taste, one which many >>> religions seem to agree with: >>> >>> >>> It's a "matter of taste" usually followed by a lecture on what God >>> demands of you. When someone tells me about God I reach for my gun. >>> >>> Brent >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Everything List" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. >>> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
