On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote:
> What is your definition of factual accuracy? Kindly explain with some > examples. > You posted on this list bringing up "factual accuracy" regarding the Quran, if I remember correctly. This is why I posed the question in a variety of ways. But if I were to answer this in a strong technical sense of some domain, I might be making the same mistake, blasphemy or "crookedness" that I sense in the quoted/translated passages we discuss. Perhaps it is part of things that we cannot prove to each other and perhaps this means that faith in this point, requires that we wrestle with, question, doubt this kind of phenomenon or problem, of which there seem to be many, and never, in our present kind of form at least, become comfortable with it. Following this kind of line, perhaps nobody can answer this for anybody else, or not even for ourselves. Some people say "we are the answer"; but this is a bit too easy for me, although I can relate to the thought. Sometimes this gives me vertigo or makes me feel empty, and at other times I feel like the emptiness is just more space to fill with joy, fascination, wonder, and negation of pain, that we can share; if we stay polite, honest, maintain peace, stay alert, learn to reason with more distance, and appropriacy, tame our bestiality to minimize harming creation, and lust for control etc. This means distancing ourselves enough from our own strict theology and learning from our inner self and creation more directly, which is difficult, but the only way I can parse, that would stop us from calling ourselves names, fighting, waging war to hide our insecurity. Our personal theology gives us security but takes away what little control we may have. Our insecurity and our fears however, is something we share across all religions. Maybe we should question them more directly, rather than reciting our "best verses", every time we can't find a good answer. You'll find many answers in many texts and some contributions on this list. Whether they satisfy/convince you, or whether they can do so in principle or not, is a different question. It is in any case a good constant question to wrestle with, learn from, and read about for the theological search beyond and underneath the strong/loud interpretation of strict confessional religion, cultural programs, and authoritative misuse of science, religion, and history. It points also to the question of the relation between theology/science, and the question of possible abuse (e.g. prohibition). So you see, I can't really answer your question, but you said you could... ;-) PGC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
