Dankjewel Adrie. Genoteerd! Ik ben eigenlijk Zuid Afrikaans maar woont al in
België paar jaren.
On the topic. I must say that after I sent out my first reply to the group I
received an interesting one line reply as well:
"You should believe in Jesus because he is a person". I deleted this.
But for the sake of my annoyance I mention is as part of my reply. That phrase
is totally irrelevant and contradictory. Hopefully the person who sent this
will understand the following:
- Belief like faith is a word that is meant to describe a kind of assumption.
Believing in a person is essentially assuming something about them or their
actions. I believe my sister will succeed in her marriage. I cannot be sure
because I cannot calculate such an outcome scientifically or mathematically so
I have to base my conclusion on mere probability. Belief is probability,
scientifically speaking. The fact that I "should" "believe" in an entity
"because" it is a biological "existence" is stupid. A person exists whether I
believe them to exist or not. My assumption on their existence is totally
arbitrary to them.
The power of existence is that it requires no probability. It exists because it
exists. That's it.
Perhaps this individual should rephrase their ridiculous phrase as such:
"You should believe that Jesus made miracles during his embodiment as a
person."
I could accept that. For the simple fact that it does not create any paradox or
mutually exclusive concepts.
To answer Emily's question to expand. It was an awkward way to describe the
constant fight between acting in one's own self interest versus the interests
of society or community. Self deprivation may occur when we have to sacrifice
what is in our own interest for the sake of a family member, friend,
colleague...even government (the job of a soldier for instance).
And on another reply which I cannot now get back because of phone issues...I
don't think religion is a necessity to the human condition. We feel it is a
necessity because in times of stress we fall back on the inner self to make
sense of it. Religion is powerful because it satisfies the inner craving for
answers to things that have no clear answer. We don't need religion in its
organised sense to be human. We need spiritualism. The belief in something
greater than the self that somehow has more control over life and everything
about it than we can never have as an individual.
But I can't expand on this at the moment.
Irina DP
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Hello, Irina.
leuk , ben ik niet meer de enige belg hier.Je hebt een mooie posting
gemaakt , Irina,je kunt heel goed intellectueel uit de voeten merk ik.Zelf
post ik hier eigenlijk nog zelden, we maakten in de groep teveel ruzie soms.
anyway,ff een tip , wil je erop letten niet de gehele body's van de threads
te cut-copy pasten?;het is snel verwarrend en het word ook nog eens
gearchiveerd? je mag natuurlijk wel grote snips nemen,maar denk om de
bandbreedte.Ik probeer je ook maar te helpen hoor.
groetjes , Adrie,Oost Vlaanderen.
2016-02-10 17:00 GMT+01:00 Emily Schober <emily_par...@hotmail.com>:
> Hi Irina,
>
> First off, welcome. Second, well said. I think the best approach of the
> group, speaking from my own POV, is that the group have NO expectations
> whatsoever from commenters. If we have no preformed expectations about
> others' opinions, then it would be impossible for you to "fall short".
> Regardless, even saying that you might "fall short" is saying that everyone
> else's opinions are potentially more important and relevant than yours. And
> who is to say that??? I've only been in the group for less than a year, but
> I don't think that length of time amongst the MOQ discussion subgroup
> necessarily equates to more qualified.
>
> Anyway, I'm a person who is strongly but also skeptically and
> questioningly religious -- both from a more traditional (Catholic
> upbringing) and Zen Buddhist (from more recent personal research) approach.
> However, I don't discount the current scientific laws of evolution, because
> as a person who believes in the scientific method I find it very difficult
> to swallow that anyone can believe the universe is only a few thousand
> years old and that humans started off as the modern homo sapien (and let's
> not forgot about dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures in general).
>
> All of your thoughts resonate with me, make sense, and echo what I
> believe, in part. You put my thoughts into well phrased words. However, I
> don't think I quite follow what you mean by "the duel between self
> sustenance and self deprivation". Can you expand upon that?
>
> Thank you.
> Emily Schober
>
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