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On Sep 9, 10:26 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > This question has been asked by all sides. Cats or dog? > > Cat lovers would tell you that dogs are slaves to their masters whilst > dog lovers will tell you, no they are lovingly loyal whilst cats are > aloof and selfish. > > Which do you prefer cats or dogs? Or perhaps like me you like both? > > Chris, in another thread mentioned the old Science vs Faith thing > agian. > > Like cats and dogs I see merit and value in both of them. > > Science is good, it lets us understand the world around us, the > universe, our place in it, how it all works. However I belive there > are questions that science simply cannot answer, and so I turn to > religious faith. > > Religion is also good, it lets us understand our place in the world, > it answers the all important why question. > > Now I'm sure that perhaps one or two of you may be thinking, no Lee > you are wrong there are no questions that science cannot one day > answer, well isn't that an article of faith in itself I wonder? > > Here's my mantra again 'We are all differant, the whole world over'. > These differances are becoming increaseingly important to me, along > with what I have termed 'The right to be', now they seem to be at the > core of a slowley(ahhh ever-so-slowly) emerging philosophy of mine. > > Based on the golden rule which I shall render here as 'treat others as > you would wish to be treated', I think that many people would agree > with such a tenant conciously or not? > > Taking that further then we can see that a logical extention of the > golden rule is 'I will live my life as I see fit, within the confines > of the law of the land'. Again I don't think many would like to > disagree with such a thought? > > Taking that further still we can get 'I will suffer no attempt by > others to enforce me to lead a life not in keeping with the life I > wish to lead'. This then must lead us to the conclusion that if I > wish to live by these tenants then I must extend the same to everybody > else, the golden rule ensures this. > > This in a nutshell is 'the right to be'. > > Now bearing that in mind we can get a glimpse into why differances are > so important to me. Yes I can point at somebody and say well I don't > agree with your morality, but as long as it does not lead you into > brakeing the law of the land, then I can do nothing to stop you > leading the kind of life you wish to, nor should I attempt to do so. > > These differances then become important because we need to be able to > live next to each other, I need to understand how you are differant to > me, so that I do not mistakingly put upon you 'intent' or 'motive' > that is just not there, thus causeing misunderstanding and illwill. > Our differances matter so that we can learn to live side by side with > the minimun amount of conflict. > > So cats or dogs, shit man why not both? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
