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Mathenieu - I'm familiar with Pascal Boyer's work pertaining to collective
memory.
Thanx for stopping by.
posted by
gomedome
on May 21, 2007 at 11:26 PM
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good points.
"if he is ever perfect and complete, how could the will to create have arisen in him?" -Jain sacred text (ninth century)
Religion Explained: the evolutionary origins of religious thought by Pascal Boyer is a really interesting read if you can get past all the digressing examples he gives.
posted by
Mathenieu
on May 21, 2007 at 11:15 PM
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Gomedome
without at least some risk of error in our assessment? .. your words are true again, our intellect cannot explain God / Love. Love is an irrational thing. It refuses explanation by our human intellect. Even my use of the word 'God' or 'love' is my own doing. It is limited by my understanding of God /Love.
Indulge me, for I am metaphor happy of late:
I love Icecream / Icecream makes me sick
I want some Icecream / You are lactose intolerant
I am going to the store to buy Icecream / You are getting fat
My favorite is soft serve vanilla / Every time you eat soft serve you get gas.
I cant wait to eat Icecream again / You are crazy
SO WHY am I participating in my own torture with Icecream ? Is it rational? Is it explainable?
No, its not explainable, because it's love. Clear as mud? Peace, Gomedome
posted by
Blue_feathers
on May 21, 2007 at 2:59 AM
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Tonyzonit - . . . and hallelujah
posted by
gomedome
on May 20, 2007 at 8:42 PM
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OTA. - okay I can buy that God is all love but this then renders redundant
the notion that man was created in his image.
Mankind is certainly not representative of "love" or "all love". By your own words we are imperfect and lacking in the ability to fully comprehend God. How then could we assign the definition of the representative of all existing love to this being? . . . . without at least some risk of error in our assessment?
posted by
gomedome
on May 20, 2007 at 8:42 PM
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Amen!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 20, 2007 at 3:45 PM
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... all of the things you list about
religion are true..religion is of man though.. the imperfection of man will likely never be able to fully explain or figure out God. Its really so simple.. its just Love. God is all Love. Peace Gomedome
posted by
Blue_feathers
on May 20, 2007 at 1:39 PM
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