--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > But, of course, the SCI high school course presented pure > > > > > consciousness and the absolute as...absolutes! You could > > > replace > > > > > those two terms with the term "God" and it would have > sounded > > > like > > > > > a religious text book. > > > > > > > > > > Keep it as science and, yes, it would be a great way to > study > > > > > consciousness...but the TMO didn't keep it as science...they > > > > > crossed the line. > > > > > > > > How could you present consciousness and the Absolute > > > > as anything but absolutes? > > > > > > You can't...and that's why an SCI that does that is crossing > > > the line vis a vis separation of church and state. > > > > But you just said "Keep it as science." > > I believe the way to reconcile it is to present things such > as "pure consciousness" and "the absolute" as proposals and > theories instead of as fact.
But they'd still be absolutes, which is what you were objecting to. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
