“…Revelatory experiences are real to the one experiencing them but are too tautological to be used as an argument with anyone other than yourself.” – SE
IF one in fact embraces the logic found there Simon, it can equally be applied to a brain thinking that if it thinks in a rational way it can understand itself, others, the world and cosmology. Do you find that your thinking can be negated due to tautology? On Sep 7, 8:41 am, Simon Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/9/7 Pat <[email protected]>: > > > On 7 Sep, 15:42, Simon Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2009/9/7 Pat <[email protected]>: > >> If it serves God's greater purpose for Pat to be confused about what > >> God wants how can you possibly claim to know what that is? How can you > >> know whether or not it serves God's greater purpose for you to be > >> confused? > > > I know my purpose. It's really that simple. > > That cannot be correct. From what you have said about God's will, the > best you can say is that you know what God has allowed you to know > about your purpose. > > Would you not say that there is vastly more that God knows that he has > not made you aware of than that he has? > > So, again, how can you know at all whether God's purpose involves > confusing you about his purpose or not? > > > Again, while it might > > 'sound' arrogant, it's come after years of self-probing and self- > > assessment and, as you say, a few experiences that are rather > > revelatory. > > Revelatory experiences are self-validating. If you believe that God > revealed his purpose to you then God must exist else it could not have > been God who so revealed. Revelatory experiences are real to the one > experiencing them but are too tautological to be used as an argument > with anyone other than yourself. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
