I have always found that a really strange take on things. Seperate from nauture how?
As to seperate from God that is entirly up to what your take on what God is. My take says we are not seperate at all, yet we believe we are. On Mar 31, 4:23 pm, the taoist shaman <[email protected]> wrote: > perhaps there was a time when there was no need of prophets because > virtue was inate , perhaps " the fruit of the knowledge of good and > evil " opened a part of the brain that opened the eyes of man and he > saw he was naked and separated from nature and there for god , god > then needed to comunicate w-man through man , to bring him back to > unity w-god , as we origonaly were > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > A THOUGHT + Why did God wait until we brains had already stuffed up > > before he sent his prophets to help us out. > > > Pehraps God did not, perhaps even the cavmen had their prohpets? > > > On Mar 31, 7:07 am, malcymo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If I understand Dawkins and Dennett correctly we can probably deduce > > > that previous to being convinced that Darwin had indeed developed a > > > convincing explanation showing that it is possible to create sentient, > > > rational beings from inanimate beginnings it was probably impossible > > > for anyone to not be a theist of some sort. Now that atheism is > > > rationally valid, to replace the goodness of God,it can be held that > > > its creed must provide consolation and meaning to life in order to > > > stave off despair without recourse to a supreme being other than the > > > universe itself. That is, for the theists of the world to retain hope > > > and faith in their existence. For me, I find it easy to delude myself > > > that not only is religion to do with faith and hope which it fulfils > > > admirably but that it is also to do with truth. Clearly a trap that I > > > must avoid in order to empathise with believers. > > > > Hence my initial post - To geet a handle on some replacement for many > > > years of blind faith. > > > > Thanks for your contributions. If you have any more keep them coming. > > > I am all ears. > > > > A THOUGHT + Why did God wait until we brains had already stuffed up > > > before he sent his prophets to help us out.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
