On 20 October 2014 03:33, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >
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