Re: Theism, atheism, and in-between

2002-10-07 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Reggie Bautista wrote: One of the biggest problem I have with current organized Christianity and many of it's supporters is that they say God is omniscient, omnipotent, and just sort of generally infinite or trans-finite, and but then they start putting in limits. I

Re: Theism, atheism, and in-between

2002-10-07 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Deborah Harrell wrote: I'd like to learn more about the Buddhist approach as well - anyone have books to recommend? (Someone mentioned one in an earlier post, but I don't think the author's name was given.) The best book describing Buddhist practice and goals with an

Re: Theism, atheism, and in-between

2002-10-01 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Dan Minette wrote: silly. (To believe in God, but not actually have any particular beliefs about God, is nothing more than an emotionally reluctant non-theism or agnosticism.) One belief that most theists I know of have about the divine is that it transcends human

Re: Theism, atheism, and in-between

2002-10-01 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Reggie Bautista wrote: Here's an analogy I've heard: Imagine a statue the size of the entire United States. Imagine that this statue is incredibly detailed. You can spend your whole life studying the details of one small area, maybe occasionally stepping back to get a

Re: Theism, atheism, and in-between

2002-10-01 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: Here's an analogy I've heard: Imagine a statue the size of the entire United States. Imagine that this statue is incredibly detailed. You can spend your whole life studying the details of one small area, maybe occasionally stepping back to get a bigger picture view. But the

Re: Theism, atheism, and in-between

2002-10-01 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Reggie Bautista wrote: snippage One of the biggest problem I have with current organized Christianity and many of it's supporters is that they say God is omniscient, omnipotent, and just sort of generally infinite or trans-finite, but then they start putting in limits. Which only

Re: Theism, atheism, and in-between

2002-09-30 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Reggie Bautista wrote: snip Here's an analogy I've heard: Imagine a statue the size of the entire United States. Imagine that this statue is incredibly detailed. You can spend your whole life studying the details of one small area, maybe occasionally stepping back to get a