At 07:33 PM 2/1/2009, you wrote:
Marsha,
Found this and thought it relevant our discussion of theism being subject to
scientific inquiry, and my point about relevance of
thesitic/scientific langauges:
"My personal belief, from talking to physicists and trying to gauge
their level of
understanding of Buddha's world is that they don't know anything. The whole
stance of science is hostile to mysticism. The (physicists) may have
arrived at a
rejection of objectivity but that isn't where they start from. No high school
physics class begins with the statement "All the world is an
illusion" ...talking
mysticism in a scientific community is like talking Judaism in Damascus. They
may listen to you but it goes completely against the grain of their
education."
(letter from Robert Pirsig to Anthony McWatt, March 29th, 1997)
Greetings Micheal,
I like the quote very much, but I do not think it is relevant to
theism because mysticism is not dependent on theism.
Marsha
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Albert Einstein: "Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my
consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who
strive for truth, beauty and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated."
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