To me those are the cowards, who only look up the truth in man-made scripture and don't look up at the stars, the sun, and the moon to put whatever into perspective.
On 29 Nov., 17:08, dj Briscoe <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree people are cowards to look at the truth and look at it for along > time untill they understand how they can contribute in their lives > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 7:58 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > We can bleat forever about the nature of truth. I generally prefer a > > limited notion of truth and honesty against lies and deception. This > > is not the whole story, but broadly speaking, if I'm on a jury I want > > to know 'the truth' to make my decision. I don't much fancy sending > > someone to the gallows on the basis of whether Jupiter is in > > conjunction with a horse's ass. What has happened to this level of > > truth and in whose interests is it to make it so difficult to know > > about global warming, wealth, what our basic ways of living should be > > and so on? An exploration of human and vested interests is likely to > > tell us more about this than trying to find personal integrity. The > > general academic consensus is that we shy away from even looking at > > what goes on in the world because we are dire cowards who need to live > > in relativistic cloud-cuckoo lands and that reality is too tough for > > us. > > > -- > > > 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]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. -- 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.
