of the truth On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 6:02 PM, dj Briscoe <[email protected]>wrote:
> We have the knowlege of these things...and awareness in perspective > > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 1:00 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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]> >> <minds-eye%[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]<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.
