tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post3198238998443581136..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: Truth beyond beliefsGavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-77531896483823503152013-11-21T21:49:24.218+13:002013-11-21T21:49:24.218+13:00DB. the reigious "types": started union...DB. the reigious "types": started unionism, hospitals, social outreach programs, schools, financial assistance to the poor : industrial/ rural communities, Red Cross etc...Gideonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193732466735298107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-31148285108926005532013-10-20T04:31:52.243+13:002013-10-20T04:31:52.243+13:00One would think, that if God exists and has create...One would think, that if God exists and has created the entire universe, replete with stellar nurseries which churn out stars larger and brighter than our son, unpacked a universe 150 billion light years across within a mere 180,000 years, created supernova to provide heavy metals like gold, silver and platinum and made an unlikely world which not just supports life, but life of the human sort, that only those who understand science and have structural visualization would have the talent to perceive and understand the Supreme Technologist of the Universe.<br /><br />Historians, religious types, Corporate Executives and accountants just wouldn't cut it.<br /><br />And if you don't believe <i>that</i> then just look at the religious types who promote <a href="http://dnarefutesbi.com/" rel="nofollow">British Israelism</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-51757877783279897462013-10-17T16:48:49.548+13:002013-10-17T16:48:49.548+13:00You Christians:
Meet the greatest thinker of all t...You Christians:<br />Meet the greatest thinker of all time:<br /> - Charles Darwin -<br /> Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-82256365868276819242013-10-17T06:12:11.541+13:002013-10-17T06:12:11.541+13:00I agree with Bulkeley. The statement from the Ref...I agree with Bulkeley. The statement from the Reform Jewish prayer book beautifully captures the mystical dimension of belief. Fundamentalist Christians, fundamentalist atheists and other fundamentalists want to strip away this mysticism. But to strip away the mysticism is to make a commitment to some brand of objectivism dependent on the flawed capabilities of human cognition and reasoning. Dedicated scientists believe everyday of their lives in stuff they do not really understand like dark matter and quantum mechanics. When the scientist finally claim that they understand these arcane topics, there will be other phenomena that they do not understand yet are an essential part of reality. One of the great literary works of the OT, the Book of Job, concludes with Job admitting that he did not understand God's activities on earth. Yet evangelical Christians seem to believe they understand what Job did not. What they really understand is their own person objectivism. <br /><br />-- Neo Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487906691943831671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-47751940680121347422013-10-12T06:17:55.178+13:002013-10-12T06:17:55.178+13:00Why should the "amens" be quiet?
The q...Why should the "amens" be quiet? <br /><br />The quote states brilliantly an approach to mystery, and especially to the central mystery, which many people would be delighted to affirm, the alternatives are prescriptive attempts to deny mystery. Yet life is inscrutable, "No one has seen God". <br /><br />Much that is called "theism" denies mystery by the simple expedient of making God convenient and comprehensible (a god). Much that is called "atheism" does the same and then denies that this god exists. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-76373599510836959002013-10-12T06:15:34.185+13:002013-10-12T06:15:34.185+13:00It's difficult to determine this from one or t...It's difficult to determine this from one or two sentences, but it sounds as if you had an encounter with one of those "take control" types, the type of individual most of us make a studious effort to avoid. In business, we can sometimes recognize such ones in advance, because when they shake your hand, they often do a 90 degree counter clockwise hand rotation so that theirs comes out on top. I like the quotation towards the closing of your post. It's the high road.<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.com