On 10/24/2014 7:40 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Richard, you want something silly? I give you something silly.
Barry is having a near panic attack, pleading, insisting that someone
explain to him the importance of the experience of unbounded
awareness. I guess he's
well, it's also as you said previously, Richard, experiencing unbounded
awareness is pretty much its own verification.
I remember, as an aside, someone asking Maharishi, (this was on a tape), why
is the experience of unbounded awareness blissful. His response was that, that
is its nature.
/It was intersting to see how Xeno tried to enable Barry, by
leaving out of the discussion all the interesting stuff Barry
believes in - like karma and reincarnation.
/
//
On 10/23/2014 10:21 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I do not have time to read
/Xeno didn't even recognize the dissonance in Barry's preference for
Bruce Cockburn songs. Everyone knows Cockburn is a born-again
Christian. What about Barry's claim that a belief in God is a form of
mental illness. /
//
On 10/24/2014 12:03 AM, blue_bungalo...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This sounds like a pretzeling moment
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
Xeno didn't even recognize the dissonance in Barry's preference for Bruce
Cockburn songs. Everyone knows Cockburn is a born-again Christian. What about
Barry's claim that a belief in God
On 10/24/2014 8:44 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
This sounds like a pretzeling moment
/It seems dirt simple to me. We are all bound by karma, which means
actions, past and present. If a person does good deeds, he or she will
be reborn in a better life. ///On the other
Xeno, me too! During some of my early meditations, I just wanted to jump up and
run out of the room. But I just knew that it was what I had been wanting,
just as I knew I was gonna start TM even before the lecturers said anything.
In retrospect it seems like an amazing time in my life.
I'll
Lawson, Skip was my dissertation advisor and I remember when he was working
with Langer on this paper.
On Thursday, October 23, 2014 5:34 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
The late Skip Alexander, who used to head the Psychology Dept at
Richard, you want something silly? I give you something silly.
Barry is having a near panic attack, pleading, insisting that someone explain
to him the importance of the experience of unbounded awareness. I guess he's
got a turd he wants to drop on that or something.
But, here. Get
From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
From: anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
The question for 'spiritually'
Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 4:33 AM
Subject: Re:
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Well said Barry -
From: Michael Jackson mjackson74@...
Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
--- turquoiseb@... wrote :
It's NOT that I'm saying that seeking spiritual experiences ISN'T valuable. I'm
just pointing out that almost no one in history has ever stepped up to the
plate and made an
When thinking about why people value certain experiences and do certain
activities, I like Maslow's hierarchy of needs as a guideline. IOW, once
certain basic needs are met, then a person seeks to satisfy additional needs.
Which might not be higher but which might simply involve activating more
On 10/23/2014 3:33 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
**
For me as time went on such experiences tended to damp out, everything
kind of flattened out, until one day on a walk there was this shift in
which the world, as it always had been, was identical with what I had
On 10/23/2014 5:04 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
/You failed to answer Barry's main question: what is the value of the
spiritual life?/
Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
On 10/23/2014 5:59 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
It's NOT that I'm saying that seeking spiritual experiences ISN'T
valuable. I'm just pointing out that almost no one in history has ever
stepped up to the plate
You are very good at quoting scripture and contents of text books (and there is
a value to that), but when you look to the honesty of your moment to moment
experience - What do you find? Put aside traditions and ancient wisdom - they
are not relevant today - today its What are you bringing to
On 10/23/2014 7:14 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Could it be that we're simply compelled by neural pathways in our
brain that want to be activated?
/According to MMY it is the nature of the mind to want to enjoy - it's
only natural for anyone to want to be free
On 10/23/2014 9:02 AM, inmadi...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
You are very good at quoting scripture and contents of text books (and
there is a value to that), but when you look to the honesty of your
moment to moment experience - What do you find?
/Teachers and textbooks are like
Richard, your posts remind me of how much I appreciate David Deida and other
teachers who suggest that the old ways of liberation are best suited to
masculine physiologies.
He also compares a soul to the light coming in from a stained glass window,
which is the body. Via yoga practices we
Richard, I also appreciate Maharishi's distinction between and enlightened
person and an enlightened teacher. The person maybe popped into enlightenment
while eating a strawberry. So then he or she teaches the strawberry eating
technique.
OTOH, an enlightened teacher has such a perspective
I think you hit on something here I never considered. Social interaction. I do
not think there is any objective measure by which one considers such
experiences valuable. There are certain things I like, certain things I do not,
and I go for the ones I like. While I do not know why, those things
On 10/23/2014 9:29 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Richard, your posts remind me of how much I appreciate David Deida and
other teachers who suggest that the old ways of liberation are best
suited to masculine physiologies.
He also compares a soul to the light
Richard, is he saying something similar to: the Self alone unfolds the Self to
the Self? That's what it sounds like to me. I think the whole thing is a big,
fat paradox!
On Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:17 AM, 'Richard J. Williams'
pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
I think you
On 10/23/2014 10:36 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Two travelers are on a road, looking for Ixtlan.
They ask a passing bird for directions.
He gives them, then flies off.
Do the travelers go in the direction he pointed them to, or not?
Whatever their choice, do
That was a great read, thanks!
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
I think you hit on something here I never considered. Social interaction. I do
not think there is any objective measure by which one considers such
experiences valuable. There are certain things I
WRT TM, I never got a snow job or a hard sell. In 1972, I was student teaching
in a non traditional high school. One of the other student teachers explained
the bubble diagram to me. Also during this time, my husband and I were doing
marijuana approx 3 times a year. I wished that I could have
Like you Share, I really did not pay attention to the selling points as I had
had experiences prior to TM, I was just looking for an easy way to meditate, a
natural consequence of being lazy.
The sell was there in the introductory and preparatory lectures and in
available chart books
The late Skip Alexander, who used to head the Psychology Dept at MUM, co-edited
a book that examined post-maslow development.
He wrote the chapter on Vedic Psychology, and prominent
mainstream-psychologists wrote chapters on post-Maslow, -post-Piagetian, etc.,
psychology.
_Higher Stages
A slight nit:
in the 40 years that Benson has been publishing his book he never, not even
once, published a head-to-head study of TM vs his Relaxation Response.
In fact, the criticisms that were leveled against Keith Wallace's first study
apply equally well to Benson's research.
And
Funny you mention this word. When a journalist in Vlodrop asked who are you
really Maharishi, he simply said; I'm just a normal human being. Whereupon
Bevan afterwards remarked; today we got a new understanding of what it means
to be normal :-)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
On 10/23/2014 11:37 AM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
That was a great read, thanks!
/It was intersting to see how Xeno tried to enable Barry, by leaving out
of the discussion all the interesting stuff Barry believes in - like
karma and reincarnation. //
//
//What
It is the closest word I can think of, that describes a life of enlightenment,
normal. :-).
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
Funny you mention this word. When a journalist in Vlodrop asked who are you
really Maharishi, he simply said; I'm just a normal
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 10/23/2014 11:37 AM, curtisdeltablues@... mailto:curtisdeltablues@...
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
That was a great read, thanks!
It was intersting to see how Xeno tried to enable Barry, by leaving out of the
discussion all
--- punditster@... wrote :
It was intersting to see how Xeno tried to enable Barry, by leaving out of the
discussion all the interesting stuff Barry believes in - like karma and
reincarnation.
What happened - I thought you guys all read Sam Harris' book. Go figure.
Xeno didn't even
There are many non-physical phenomena that on one hand, cannot be proven, by
physical means. On the other hand, if we take them out of the equation of life,
life then makes less sense, and becomes less enjoyable. An example would be the
love between a child, and its mother or father, or love
So, you must be a man of deep capacity to be able to hold within your
appreciation myself and someone as different as I am in the form of bawee.
Maybe one day I'll get there too.
Something to point out, about Curtis, Ann -- Rather than an expression of his
social flexibility and capacity to
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
There are many non-physical phenomena that on one hand, cannot be proven, by
physical means. On the other hand, if we take them out of the equation of life,
life then makes less sense, and becomes less enjoyable. An
From: anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:56 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
As to the first question, mental illness perhaps results from
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:56 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
As to the first question, mental illness perhaps results from atypical wiring
and growth of the brain, causes not
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
See what I mean about religion being a form of mental illness? Here you have a
person who chooses to excuse her stalking behavior and obsession on one
particular person she hates
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Well, before I started moving Ann's messages to the Deranged Stalkers From Hell
folder, I seem to remember her being the person who claimed to know for sure
that nothing bad had happened
Barry, are you serious!
You completely miss the whole intent of Ann's comment.
But, like I said, who cares.
You point out what you feel is craziness, stupidity and obsession in other
people, and they, (including me) do the same to you.
You are no different than the people you
Jesus, salyavin, I gotta tell you, from what I know about you, and what I know
about Ann, count me in the Ann camp.
On the other hand, maybe there's just not a hell of a lot for you to hang your
hat on.
A lot of deep thinking perhaps, if that's what you want to call it.
P.S. You
You never really began to debate.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :
Xeno,
Thank you for your ideas. I believe we've exhausted this debate. There is no
point to continue.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
---In
On 10/21/2014 9:49 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Yeah, I've seen $cientologists like this in action, and for the life
of me can't tell any difference between them and Richard, Ann, Jimbo,
and She Whose Holy Work They Are Continuing In Her Absence.
Uber-cultists, the whole
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
That's a nice piece Ann.
I feel as though I have a pretty good idea of the real person behind
people's online persona.
I think you might be referring to Barry in some of what you say here.
I've had a changing
Barry, did you read the following paragraph? I regard it as a culturally spread
malady that has its roots in our nervous system. I think it may be that, from
an evolutionary viewpoint, a certain gullibility to pick up behaviours and
ideas helps a child, and to a lesser extent adults, to quickly
On 10/22/2014 7:32 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Jesus, salyavin, I gotta tell you, from what I know about you, and
what I know about Ann, count me in the Ann camp.
On the other hand, maybe there's just not a hell of a lot for you to
hang your hat on.
A lot of deep
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
So, you must be a man of deep capacity to be able to hold within your
appreciation myself and someone as different as I am in the form of bawee.
Maybe one day I'll get there too.
Something to point out, about Curtis,
On 10/22/2014 6:47 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
*From:* salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
**
Well, before I started moving Ann's messages to the Deranged Stalkers
From Hell folder,
/It looks like
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:56 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
See what I mean about religion being a form of mental illness? Here
you have a person who chooses to excuse her stalking behavior and
obsession on one particular person she hates by claiming it's her
religious duty to act like this. This religious fanatic not only
admits to being a
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:56 AM
Subject:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
There are many non-physical phenomena that on one hand, cannot be
proven, by physical means. On the other hand, if we take them out of
the equation of life, life then makes less sense, and becomes less
enjoyable. An
On 10/21/2014 12:54 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I enjoyed your response till you went its all about Barry on my ass
Richard.
/So, you don't want to talk about Barry and Sam Harris and their belief
in Buddhas, karma and reincarnation. Go figure./
I am not on
Barry, what the hell are you saying?
Tell me it's not the same 'ol diatribe.
Maybe I'll have time to read it later.
How many posts have you written denigrating the place here, and it's
participants, every hour, every day, letting us know what a waste of time it is
for your to
Ann, it appears that agreement with Barry, trumps any kind of rational thinking
with sal.
go figger!
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
Ann, it appears that agreement with Barry, trumps any kind of rational
thinking with sal.
go figger!
Yes, but kindness is my goal today (although I always find it easy to be
kind to my animals) so I will hold off
okay, good goal Ann, but your normal style of functioning.
It's just when we see something that seems out of whack, we comment on it.
To Barry that's being obsessed, or stalking.
He, of course is beyond most, if not all, human foibles. A model of
unattachment.
A button pusher on
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
okay, good goal Ann, but your normal style of functioning.
It's just when we see something that seems out of whack, we comment on it.
To Barry that's being obsessed, or stalking.
He, of course is beyond most, if not
Ann,
I am sure you have noticed, this reading comprehension issue with Barry.
The brain filia that are responsible for nuance, seem to have gotten
flattened, or something.
I mean, it is sort of funny, but sad too.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
who did you say was channeling Judy, sal?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Well, before I started moving Ann's messages to the Deranged Stalkers From
Hell
On 10/22/2014 5:36 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
*From:* salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
*From:* anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
As to the first question, mental illness
From: anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
The human species lack of hard wiring makes us more flexible for
I've been around FFL a while, but don't post often as conversations quickly
become too personal (I don't know folks by their given names) - and although I
can wade thru muck and mire, way too much bandwidth is used up on folks dealing
with their own emotions.
and I can't figure out the forum
I'm sure Ann appreciates your straightening her out about me Jim. She was
making the mistake of trusting her own impression, but now has the enlightened
perspective from you on my dark motives and inner thoughts.
At first I wondered how you could know about my inner feelings or whether or
not
Hi, and thanks for that - Yeah, I just wanted to point out who is the hand, and
who is the sock monkey, in that equation. Have a great day!
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
So, you must
Richard, it occurs to me that the only thing we can know for sure is that
awareness exists. And that's because we're aware. But maybe I'm over
simplifying (-:
On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:02 PM, 'Richard J. Williams'
pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
I have no problem with your friendship with Ann - As she responded, she
suspects some of what I said is accurate, but doesn't let that deter a
friendship with you. I don't play the chimp's games, and you, like the chimp,
seem to have a difficult time reconciling, one the one hand, denying that
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
I have no problem with your friendship with Ann - As she responded, she
suspects some of what I said is accurate,
M: That would require her to believe that you know my feelings when reading
posts or whether or not I even
Just to be clear, at no time have I said I was in the highest state of human
development. The way I learned it, according to Maharishi, was that
enlightenment meant simply, normal, and everything continues from there, as it
always has. Draw your own conclusions.
---In
From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Jim has lost it before and will lose it again, but this is by far the worst
case of losing it so far.
Enlightened? At this point he's barely human...
I'm interested in why anyone who risks a dissenting voice round here is
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Jim has lost it before and will lose it again, but this is by far the worst
case of losing it so far.
Enlightened? At this point he's barely human...
I'm interested in why anyone who
Funny, you accusing me of losing something, that you never had, in the first
place. lol.
You would not know the first thing about Enlightenment, especially after that
spiritual criminal taught you and the rest of the chumps that only two people
out of the hundreds that worshipped him, even
I have a lot of friends on here. No need to pretend otherwise. Perhaps you
should be giving advice to the turd flinging chimp on here, whom you find so
much in common with, both of you far less than raging successes in the world.
Your attempt at sussing my motivation, is absurd. I don't play
On 10/21/2014 4:33 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Funny, you accusing me of losing something, that you never had, in the
first place. lol.
/This is not funny - a guy that has believed in Buddhas for a decade
has apparently lost it - lost his faith in karma and
You seem to be just trolling. Do you practice TM? I was talking about things
that spiritual practices advertise they can bring into one's awareness. These
things are private, you cannot prove you have these kinds of experiences. My
body has a mother and father, my awareness does not, the
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Jim has lost it before and will lose it again, but this is by far the worst
case of losing it so far.
Enlightened? At this point he's barely human...
If you are the benchmark for the def of human then you are absolutely
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Jim has lost it before and will lose it again, but this is by far the worst
case of losing it so far.
Enlightened? At this point he's barely human...
This is a lot of airy talk, though telling. My concern after having read it,
is, I feel it was written by someone who takes less than complete
responsibility for their life, and their personal thoughts and actions. Taking
this line, of the strong possibility of random action, so seriously, as
On 10/20/2014 11:43 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Xeno,
I'm flabbergasted at the statements you just said. In the physical
existence of human beings here on earth, everyone has to have a mother
and a father. Were you not created by your father's sperm that
impregnated your
**
I think the reason this happens is that Jim and other
spiritual/religious types don't realise their beliefs are emotional
rather than logical and insult any contrarians in an accordingly
similar way to how they feel they've been slighted.
On 10/21/2014 3:09 AM, TurquoiseBee
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 10/20/2014 11:43 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Xeno,
I'm flabbergasted at the statements you just said. In the physical existence
of human beings here on earth, everyone has to have a mother
It's such a delight to read something written by someone who can still think,
Curtis. Thanks.
The very IDEA that someone could consider Robin Carlsen or Jim Flanegin or John
R rational astounds me.
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 8:27 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
You seem to be just trolling.
/Now that's a thought-stopper!/
Do you practice TM?
/Non sequitur.//TM has not been defined./
I was talking about things that spiritual practices advertise they
can bring into one's
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
both of you far less than raging successes in the world.
M: This often repeated idea is a key to understanding you Jim. I think it lies
at the root of your need to present yourself in a ridiculously inflated way You
are
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
It's such a delight to read something written by someone who can still think,
Curtis. Thanks.
The very IDEA that someone could consider Robin Carlsen or Jim Flanegin or
John R rational astounds me.
Thanks bro but I think
there seem to be 2 questions running through this thread: 1) is a belief in
God a mental illness and 2) is a belief in God justifiable.
the first question is too cumbersome for me - having the notion of mental
illness imbedded in the question . . . and I can't speak as to what a mental
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
M: I hope you don't mind me weighing in,this was a particularly thought
provoking post. I too am an amateur philosopher. But I am not sure philosophy
is the right discipline to answer your question from, except to enhance the
discussion of how could we know?
Here is the section you quite
Fresh air blowing through the Funny Farm Lounge from DC area and Madison.
Thanks guys for this example of FFL at its best.
On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:18 AM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
M: I hope you don't mind me weighing in,this
Gotta agree with you on this one, Share.
I also have to say that if there is anyone on the planet I'd most like to see
have a sit-down, on-the-record conversation with Sam Harris, it would be
Curtis.
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 10:42 AM, inmadi...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
there seem to be 2 questions running through this thread: 1) is a
belief in God a mental illness and 2) is a belief in God justifiable.
/There are actually three questions running through this thread://
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/
1. /Is
Curtis, I just had a lunch of veggies and salmon so maybe my brain is a little
more up to respond. Maybe! Definitely not as good as Sam Harris (-:
Anyway, my questions are:
1. how do we know that we know? Which is kind of abstract and probably just me
reliving a past life as a haetera!
2.
Everyone in the forum is invited to participate in this
discussion to ask Xeno about his revelations regarding his
physical existence.
/Everyone on this forum seems to believe in causation - that for
every event there is a cause. The question is if everything that
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