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
@...
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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]
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The question for 'spiritually'
: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
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From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
From: anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife
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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
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Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
It's
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
?/
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illness
*From:* Xenophaneros
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
] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
wrote:
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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
] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
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 objective
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
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From: TurquoiseBee turquoi
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Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
It's
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
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
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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
turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife]
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From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius
, I'm smart enough, and, doggonit, people like
me!
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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
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Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
It's NOT that I'm saying that seeking spiritual experiences ISN'T valuable. I'm
just pointing out that almost
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
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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
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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
: 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 atypical wiring
and growth of the brain, causes not necessarily known. Mental illness is not
considered a contagious
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
@... wrote :
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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
:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
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*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
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As to the first question
---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 :
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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
: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
As to the first question, mental illness perhaps results from atypical wiring
and growth of the brain, causes not necessarily known. Mental illness is not
considered a contagious disease. So contrary to the title Barry
---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
, turquoiseb@... wrote :
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Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
As to the first question, mental illness perhaps
---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
, awoelflebater@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
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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
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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
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
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boundary
possibilities then so be it. The urge to know is there in me.
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
torment in Hell. Some friend. :-)
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Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
? At this point he's barely human...
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
--In FairfieldLife
?
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 1:59 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Xeno,
I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence for disagreeing
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*Sent:* Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:12 AM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental
illness
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
I certainly wouldn't have expected you to agree, Curtis
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
]
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Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:56 PM
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 10/20/2014 11:43 PM, jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote
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
, and the Maharishi Effect really IS like winning
the Trifecta of Idiocy. How does a mind *become* this weak?
From: jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 1:59 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
---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
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
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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
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M: I hope you don't mind me weighing in,this
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Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Fresh air blowing through the Funny Farm Lounge from DC area and Madison.
Thanks
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://
//
/
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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