--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > Good points. I'm a bigger fan of the "trial by error" > > > > > theory for ancient humans, than the "God told me" version. > > > > > > > > You do realize that "I cognized X" and "God told me X" > > > > are nowhere near synonymous, right? > > > > > > Well, they CAN be, depending on the context. Depends > > > on hw loud and clear God is speaking (some might say > > > how obvious your schizophrenia is). > > > > Very different conceptually. Cognitions come from > > within oneself, not from some Other. > > Sure, but God lies within, according to some, so cognizing > such things is due to ones relationship with God or whatever.
And according to others, I am That, so when I cognize, I'm just talking to Myself. The people who say "God told me X," even if they have the concept--or perhaps the experience--of God being within, still conceive of God as Other. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
