Interesting questions Polly, I think the faith we are discussing is generically classified as a power greater than we are.
Faith in others. That is an interesting l)question.. Personally I try give people the benefit of trust. Until that trust is broken.. A lot of people don't care if they are dishonest toward others. تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others -----Original Message----- From: polly skid <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 8:46 PM Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: The religious atheist Faith in what?? I know you mean Faith faith, but, speaking of faith.. Why do you think it's tough to have faith in other people... On Feb 23, 2015 11:30 PM, "archytas" <[email protected]> wrote: > We might ask at what point faith is so obviously delusional as to give it > up and whether faith can be given up? Obviously, religions can be given up > at the drop of a conqueror's hat, despite all previous professions of > faith. So do we overdo faith as an internal matter? Without the external > misery, scarcity and so on, would there be much need-demand for inner > self-development offered as peaceful light at the end of the tunnel in > better external environments? > > I don't find people working much on inner integrity and much more on image > management and backing down to the chief barker. > > On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 5:03:43 PM UTC, archytas wrote: >> >> Reminds me a bit of trying to do a Rubik's cube my nephews had rendered >> impossible by peeling labels off to 'complete' it. We had a debate today >> with our current Chancellor of five years being blamed for doing nothing on >> tax evasion-avoidance and in turn blaming his predecessor for doing nothing >> five years ago. Clear proof of just how useless our system is and an >> argument rather like Tony's shape and lack of colour here. I suspect a >> diversion of our faith to the kind of contentment we strive to achieve in >> domestic herds. >> >> On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 4:23:35 PM UTC, facilitator wrote: >>> >>> >>> "Faith-Reason" >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Xx9F9Qa-ITY/VOtT054sq-I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/O8A_bI5JvW0/s1600/Faith%2B%2BReason.jpg> >>> "Contentment comes at a very high price, anxiety and fear are often sold >>> to secure the debt" ((tm)) >>> >>> -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
