On 18 Oct 2014, at 21:24, meekerdb wrote:
On 10/17/2014 11:44 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
That's close to Plotinus "outer God" (that the called the ONE). I
am OK. But that is false for the Inner God.
For mystics and rationalist theologian, it is not completely false
to believe that there might be only one person, and that the one
conscious in us is God. But the political religion hate that idea,
because they use religion to control people, and letting people
realize that they are God is a freeing of the mind which threats
their power, so most people getting mystical experience have hide
the fact, and when they did still want explain the result, they
have done so in non-transparent way (just to avoid being burned or
banished).
With this in mind, it can be considered impolite to say that God
does not exist, because you never know to who you are really
speaking (grin).
But then for the same reason if you say you believe God exists, you
don't know what you're talking about.
It is not symmetrical. You can believe that God exist, just because it
is an old friend of yours.
But, actually, I tend to believe (for different reason) that IF you
meet God, you will keep silent on this.
So not believing God exists is quite rational.
Sure.
It is believing that God does not exist which is not rational.
Bruno
Brent
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