Observer, I have answered you many times...Whats the matter, don`t you like the answer? Does it scare you a little?
On Jul 30, 10:59 pm, Observer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 26, 5:19 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We had Molly's wonderful post gone chaotic concerning control and > > since then I thought of other aspects of control and being in control > > and whether or not we are supposed to be in control. > > I hear evangelists speak of turning your life over to God, letting the > > Holy Spirit guide you. I hear of following rules and regulations, > > laws and dictum of governing bodies. I ask myself, where is there any > > room left for us to have any control? > > Observer > > Have you ever asked on of these evangelistic types to prove that such > as a holey spirit actually exists? > Or that such as any spirit exists, or to prove that a soul exists? Or > to prove that any of the metaphysical claims of the bible are true or > that the bible is actually the inspired word of a god? > > If you have not, then Why not? For anything taught with such certainty > there must exist some scientifically verifiable substantiating data. > No? And if not what is the temptation to believe all about. > > I ask the following of all of those who say the believe. > > Please provide scientifically verifiable substantiating data for > either the EXISTENCE of or any ACT of any god. > > Strangely I have been repeating this for years and no christian, jew > of muslim has ever attempted a response, not even the priests and > preachers. > > Oh well. > > > This goes beyond the Molly post as being self and the awareness of > > decision that was made prior. Are we not mostly controlled beings? > > Isn't control limited to our personal space and even then limited to > > no one knowing about that space? Isn't it true, what has been said, > > that the only privacy we have is that which exists in our minds? But > > then again, when we talk about control, spiritual control, external > > control isn't that also a matter that is questionable? > > Of all the thoughts that control us most it is the fictions we produce > in and of our own minds that are the most insidious. By that I mean, > we can not ingest or in any way meld the outside world with our minds. > We are forced to produce mental models of what we think we perceive > through our senses. > > It is however a fact that all that we have believe we perceived > previously and all of the extrapolations made from those that have > become our habituated fictions which form the lenses of our mind and > alter all incoming information to see that they are easily stored and > are supported by our previous fictions. > > We even have habituated fictions for the automatic rejection of new > data that we find disturbing. > > I have said that these fictions are the most insidious and yet they > are or can be the most liberating of our experiences. Once we realize > that every thing we believe is a fiction we free our selves to alter > them and to thereby make them much more useful on our never ending > trip from greater to lesser ignorance. > > The key to such of course is an understating of the principles of > scientific method which provide the only sure guide to useful > information. > > Here is to freedom of the mind, to the liberation of humanity through > education and the eradication of ignorance, superstition, and other > poorly thought out fictions which for thousands of years have > enslaved, terrorized, and extorted from us all of what we could have > been had we been left in peace to maturate. > Here is to the advancement of science which heals the sick, which can > produce a world of abundance to be shared and from which we can even > learn to live in peace through the newly reorganized social sciences. > > Here is to humanity! > > Regards > > Psychonomist --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
