--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > I also find it mindblowing that some souls insists on exposing their > > > > ignorance of Nature and claiming others to be delusional. > > > > Again and again. > > > > > > > Strange, isn't it ? > > > > > > Perhaps, but this is an ad hominem argument, not logically valid. > > > Logically, a person, totally unfamiliar with Nature could make a > > > statement that someone else is delusional and be correct. In other words, > > > the context the statement was made from does not determine its truth, > > > only that the statement corresponds with the fact it purports. > > > > > > You used the word Nature, with a capital N, so just what do you mean by > > > 'Nature' in this case? > > > > God > > This is Spinoza's God, identical with Nature. This god does not correspond at > all with the conception of the god in Genesis. That idea got Spinoza kicked > out of his synagogue. > > > > > I am not defending Barry's argument you were commenting on that you > > > disagree with, I am simply disagreeing with you. Exactly what aspect of > > > Nature do you feel Barry is ignorant of that is relevant here? > > > > God > > If Barry is or was a Buddhist, he really doesn't have to truck with that > particular concept.
Noone ask him to. But he calls people who either believe in God or have had direct experience of God delusional because he lacks the experience himself. That a noun exists called 'God' also does not mean there is a reality to which the noun refers. It does for me and millions of others. If there were no reality corresponding to the nound, Barry would be ignorant of nothing. The question of the existence of 'God' has never been answered to everyone's satisfaction. I doubt it ever will.
