On 8 Feb, 17:35, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed, it has kept me busy for years. My criteria for a book being > irrelevant is essentially: at the point where more than half of the > book is dismissed as metaphor or "culturally contextual" while the > other portion (the shrinking portion) is considered proof of some > sort. >
You simply dismiss metaphor? I assume, then, that you would also reject similies/similitudes. In science, it's called 'analogy' and is a very useful tool. To throw away a hammer because you can't use it as a screwdriver is not the fault of the hammer. And, sometimes, those statements that ar eculturally contextual may become important again as new cultures adopt similar behaviours. I would never consider any of the texts as 'proof'; evidence perhaps, but not proof. > On Feb 8, 9:20 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 8 Feb, 17:15, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Or perhaps people spending time and energy on irrelevant texts about > > > tribal godlings rather than helping the starving people around them? > > > Well, yes. I've always said that if all we did was prostrate > > ourselves to God, we would be about as useful as rocks. But that > > isn't all we do. A balance is required. Plus, there's the time it > > takes to see which parts of which books are, truly, irrelevant and > > which are vitally relevant. That could keep a man busy for years. > > Trust me. ;-) > > > > On Feb 8, 5:49 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 3 Feb, 04:44, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > A starving man steals a purse, knocking the woman to the ground and > > > > > breaking her leg. Evil? Might he have not stolen a purse without > > > > > physical action? Couldn't his frustration be the cause of unnecessary > > > > > violence? and is frustration then evil? > > > > > As soon as I read the second word, the problem was revealed. The > > > > society that allowed the person to become starving is the truest evil > > > > in your example. All the rest could have been avoided by a society > > > > that cared. Perhaps, then, societal carelessness is the greatest evil > > > > we face in today's world. > > > > > > On Feb 2, 4:13 pm, MajorOz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 6:26 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > What is the greatest evil? > > > > > > > > I wanted to use the word sin, but I want to get away from any > > > > > > > religiousness in this one. > > > > > > > > So what is the greatest evil, and why? > > > > > > > For me, there is only one evil: unnecessarily harming someone. I > > > > > > view > > > > > > all OTHER so-called evils simply as disturbance of someone's > > > > > > prejudice. > > > > > > > cheers > > > > > > > oz, newbie- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
