mike ... of course..my spirit!..merle
Merle, Where do you find a 'you' in flesh and bone? Do you have an essence, an enduring 'you' that can be pointed to? Mike --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > realistically speaking you have to be of flesh and blood and hence real and > is that not rational ?...merle > Â > > Bill!, > > Aren't experiences also illusory in the sense that an experience requires > someone to have the experience? > > Mike > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > Right, sort of. > > > > To be a 'rationalist' is to be someone who depends on rationality which is > > clearly illusory. > > > > As someone who practices zen which is based entirely on experience I would > > hope I would be an 'experientialist' - or a 'realist'. > > > > ...Bill! > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > > > Bill!, > > > > > > I'd say the concept may be rational, although there is not an empirical > > > demonstration or proof of existence of such a being. > > > > > > We know too that various Doctors of the Church did their darnedest along > > > rational lines, chief among them Augustine. > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't see anything rational about the concept of God at all...Bill! > > > > > >
