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From Bunny
I don't think proof of the Divine would destroy religion in general at all, although proof that the Divine is, for example, not at all what Christianity teaches would destroy Christianity (or whatever religion has been proven wrong. And the victors will become unsufferably smug.)
I've always said that people who insist there is proof that Jesus existed lack faith. They, of course, don't want to hear it, not even from their co-religionists, and certainly not from me.
posted by
Bunny
on April 27, 2005 at 6:20 AM
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Faith
Those of us who believe, believe in a good God. The good things that God does are not proof but evidence. Faith in God is an open case. The evidence keeps piling up, but the case is never closed because we live by faith not by sight. Whenever we think we have a corner on faith, then something happens which proves we don't know everything. Those who live solely by reason,( they don't, they just think they do) are driven crazy by the whole idea of faith. Faith is an attitude of humility that reality is bigger and more mysterious than I will ever know or understand. God is the master and he will reveal to me what i need to know. The Enlightenment was not really an enlightenment but the arrogance of humans who didn't know as much as they thought.
posted by
Make2short
on April 26, 2005 at 8:34 PM
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Oh Lovely Lady
Faith most definately is something that you have to find yourself, not something you can be taught by anyone else.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 26, 2005 at 11:39 AM
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Jimmy
I'll keep my eyes peeled next time I'm at the bookstore!
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on April 26, 2005 at 11:38 AM
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Hacker,
Faith is something you must find for yourself in your own time and way. I believe...He saved my life more than once.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on April 26, 2005 at 11:17 AM
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Good points here...
it's almost spooky how closely some of your ideas and insights parallel mine at your age...and I still hold to most of them...read some Robert Anton Wilson, Particularly the Historical Illuminatus if you can find it, and the Illuminatus Trillogy...interesting, wierd stuff.
posted by
jimmy68
on April 26, 2005 at 10:47 AM
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