Your question implies a belief that the universe must adhere to some rule in order to be conscious. True or not, it is, on its own terms, a truly...
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Consciousness exists (otherwise, who am I talking to?). Even if, in comparison to the whole universe, it is only one infinitessimally small...
I don't believe in Cynicism.
Wow! This is beautiful stuff. Thank you for passing it on. Peace and Love
Stev90, So, you accept tired prejudices and negative stereotypes as fact, and refer to your unexamined beliefs as proof of your "intelligence."...
People who think they know all there is to know will sometimes do stupid, destructive things. Please don't let your unquestioned beliefs define...
Like every other way of thought, Religion is misunderstood if you confuse it with anything else.
Religion is a relationship between humanity and the omni-transcendent (God, the Tao, The Universe, The Ultimate Reality, The Ineffable, etc.)....
On both sides of the question, there are some who are open to a healthy, intelligent exchange of ideas and there are some who are are not....
Wow! Dave . . . This is one of the best things I've read on these forums. You and I sometimes appear to disagree, but I have always believed your...
Maybe, but let's look at your phrase "Treating something to ambiguity." I don't know exactly what meaning you convey when you put these words...
Hmmm . . . There's a bit of insight. Yes, inspiration can take many forms, and it is important to recognize this. But I was asking about...
No, I am saying something else. Ambiguity does not depend on conclusions. Ambiguity recognizes a question as a self-existent thing, independent...
Good question. Before you can really say anything about all of this you have to humbly accept ambiguity on its own terms. You have to...
Man, I spent most of the morning thinking and writing about a metaphorical pig. How wacky is that?
If inspiration is not "divine" then what is it? This is a very real question - What IS inspiration? What I said was "I only question . . . why...
I don't know if you have never been inspired or if inspiration has left you, for that I am sorry. I only question why you deny all inspiration,...
"Bullshit" is not an argument. "Bullshit" is an admission that you simply have no deeper thoughts about whatever is being discussed. If that's...
A young man left behind all the familiar comforts of home. He walked from one town to another throughout his native land doing good for people and...
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