Joe to Ham and all: What does ESSENCE mean in the absence of evolution? Whatever I want it to mean, not this, not that.
Andre: He Joe. We accept the theory of evolution because it is a high quality idea with much explanatory power. In the presence of evolution essence makes no sense. Cannot exist. Essence means that somehing exists inherently, all by itself, from itself, of itself... i.e. independently, individually. (like self-contained little isolated islands) This flies in the face of the 'scientifically' supported idea of evolution which, in Buddhist terminology is supported with the idea of 'co-dependent arising'. Nothing arises independently or individually. In other words, all is related and co-dependent. This idea is supported by the DQ/SQ of the MoQ. (Rememder Pirsig's amendment to the Descartes statement?) Joe: > Still in pursuit of clarity, Andre: Hope this clarifies.But don't take my word for it. Cheers Andre 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/md/archives.html
