I'm digging on this...you have to know it to not believe it, so where does the knowledge come from? *idea sort of forming* Am I on the right track?
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:46 PM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > > Due to the heat where I live (106 yesterday), I almost don’t have the > energy to engage in theology discussions today…and… > (Here it comes again for the old timers here! ;-) ) > > I am a sort of a Gnostic/atheist….if one must assign terms. When it > comes to belief(s), the very notion of belief leaves me perplexed. I > can say that things I know about I can decide to give attention to. > Also, other things I know about I can not give attention to. In both > cases, one must have some knowledge/wisdom about the notion in > question. > > I project on others that they too must have some sort of notion of > what god must be/be like…what attributes are involved. This I find to > be the case whether they are theistic or atheistic. So, again in both > cases, the person knows about the thing being addressed, god in this > context. Some decide, based on some previous experience(s), to reject > the notion and others decide to embrace it. For me, the main question > here is what has led to the ‘now’ that produces a choice? An adjunct > question involves the above named attributes…but that is not the > foundation of this question. It does need to be addressed for people > to be clear in interaction about the divine though. > > I’ll stop here and see if anyone wishes to continue… > > > On Jul 30, 12:11 pm, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > HaHa Yes, it's a good replacement for normalcy as well. However, what > > some people consider weird, others consider normal, so it's really > > relegated to ones perception. And I agree about the problem of > > understanding religion through "normal" eyes. > > > > On Jul 30, 2:17 pm, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I find weirdness relieving. I think it's because it gives me a break > > > from tirelessly (without tires) trying to make sense of everything. > > > This is especially helpful when it comes to religion.- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
