I have quasi-chronicled thoughts about this and that on occasion, and enjoy it when I do, although I don't have much time for it. Those are pretty big topics you are taking on, got any excerpts? Personally, I do not have a lot of desire to answer some of these questions as I quite happy in the little speck of bliss that has provided me with many answers, including some that you mention. I am sure your book is good reading though, as I enjoy your writing style and content, til now that is ;-]
On Jul 27, 12:18 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > D - thank you very much. I'm flattered. Yes, I have thought about > things, maybe even as much as many of those who post to this site. > Many years ago I read Fulgram's Everything I Need to Know I Learned in > Kindergarten. In its preface, Fulgram mentions that every few years he > tried to write down what he really believed. I thought this was a > great idea, and tried it. Very unsatisfying, so a while later I tried > it again, and repeated the effort every few years thereafter. I urge > you try it. More recently I wrote and self-published a book, Leap of > Reason (available on Amazon) that trys to answer the ultimate > questions - who are we, why are we here, what happens at death, is > there a God, etc. It sort of brings together where I got in my > personal belief statements and its application to the ultimate > questions that have long puzzled our ancestors, and us too. The first > thing I posted here was titled "Ultimate Questions." I don't know if > it is still available, but you might check out that thread. Jim > > On Jul 26, 3:30 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have read some of your posts and we seem to have a very similar take > > on God and Spirit. You have obviously had some spiritual experience > > before, during, or after your determination about religion. Anything > > you care to share? Maybe in a new thread? > > > On Jul 24, 3:16 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Lotro - If by "God" you mean the god of the bible, then I disagree. > > > Why? First, I view the bible as just a collection of campfire stories. > > > Second, the god of the bible is awful - for example, he (or she) told > > > Abraham to take his kid out back and kill him, and to win a bet put > > > Job through the agonies of the damned, and put his "only begotten son" > > > here to die a death of prolonged torture. What rational person would > > > choose to believe in such a "God?" Not me. But I do believe there is a > > > spirit that pervades all and that gives rise to all, maybe just > > > because it can. And one of the things it gives rise to is rationality > > > - the ability to understand that yeilds all of science including the > > > theory of evolution. Jim > > > > On Jul 23, 11:31 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Do not believe humans have revolved from apes of any kind. However, we > > > > have evolved. As the earth was formed and has changes throughout the > > > > many years, humans have had to evolve in order to survive earth's > > > > different climits , etc. Any other wonderful, highly intelligent (ha) > > > > humans agree with this conclusion? I believe there is a God. BUT, that > > > > doesn't mean there could not have been a big bang, or any other way the > > > > earth was formed (as many like to subscribe to.) It does, however, mean > > > > that "GOD" could have formed the earth in anyway. Science, evolution > > > > and the God theory can still all go together. One must not believe only > > > > one or the other, as in Science or God. What do you think?- Hide quoted > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
