> > [Krimel] > > We are in fundamental agreement that the decision should be in the > hands > > of parents. But I will point out that a huge percentage of those 20% > are > > driven by the religious conviction that it is not chance, but God who > decides > > that they should rear children with birth defects. It is in effect, > not > making > > a distinction between God and chance. As Arlo has shown Platt is > incapable > > of making this distinction. But I think the MoQ points beyond this. > > [Platt] > Looks to me like chance is your God because it explains such mysteries as > the emergence of life from mud, man from bugs and consciousness from > electrified meat. > > [Krimel] > I think "God" however he is conceived is a response to chance. > "God" is a particular way of orienting to chance: > I am not in control but God is. For God's sake, Something is... It must > be... > "God" is a particular relationship toward chance. > I do not understand his will but I trust in it. > > Chance is just shit happening and it doesn't give a shit about how it is > happening to you. > Chance is birth defects and aneurisms > Chance is lightning and volcanoes > It is solar flares and asteroids. > And no one can look than kind of chance in the eye without blinking. > > If you look past this you will see that chance is what inspires hope. > There is always a chance that things will be better next time. > We are designed by chance to respond to chance. > We take stock of things. We guestimate. > We are born perceiving chance. > And once you get this... > The mysteries that baffle you > Become as transparent and as nourishing > As the air in your lungs.
No doubt about it We don't know or understand everything. If you want to attribute what we don't know to chance, be my guest. Most SOMers do. There are some of us, however, who, like Pirsig, seek more explanatory and thus satisfying answers. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
