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Bhaskar.ing, Nautikos and callista - thank you for the kind words
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gomedome
on July 9, 2007 at 9:28 AM
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Re: Gome/Nautikos
I find Nautikos' argument quite illuminating, and this to gomedome...this one is an excellent piece of writing and also the content therein.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on July 9, 2007 at 6:41 AM
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Gome
excellent post, as always. And because '"religious discussion" is in most cases a misnomer, most often there is no discussion involved at all', I don't engage in it, my discussion of the Bible and the Koran (or some aspects thereof) notwithstanding...
In fact, I would argue that anyone who argues from within the walls of his castle of faith is never engaged in a true debate, but in a soliloquy designed to still his own voices of doubt...
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Nautikos
on July 8, 2007 at 7:48 PM
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wow
excellent blog, i agree
posted by
jeansaw
on July 8, 2007 at 12:15 PM
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GEPRUITT - thank you
I've always maintained that the very first step to spiritual enlightenment is to concede to one's self that there is in fact a very high probability of being completely wrong. That is ultimately why I have such little patience for those who think they have somehow discovered what has eluded mankind since the dawn of time. When I hear someone make the concession that with so many countless beliefs and non beliefs in this world that by the simple application of common sense, they realize their know no more than the next person, my respect for them increases tenfold.
posted by
gomedome
on July 7, 2007 at 2:18 PM
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"WE ALL HAVE IT WRONG!"
Gomedome.
My hat's off to you for an excellent post! Although I am a bit more optomistic than you seem to be, believing as I do, that religious practices have developed far more positively than they began, and that we are headed, in spite of ourselves, in the right direction. Some of us, both Believers and Non-believers, are not influenced by "accidents" of geographical birth or religious peer preasure. These people, both you and I, make up their own minds. I think this latter group is growing much more than is gernerally perceived and will continue to do so at an ever increasing rate. It's a large ball, and it turns slower than many of us would like!
I think that the most profound statement in this post may very well be your very last one:
"We all have it wrong!" If we, of all beliefs, could somehow come to realize the highly probable truth of this one statement alone and adopt it as part of our "doctrines," I think we would have made a truly "Giant leap forward!"
Once again, a great post!
posted by
GEPRUITT
on July 7, 2007 at 12:54 PM
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