"Ken Collins" <KPaulC at email.msn.com> wrote:
[>stoney wrote
[>
[>while i share your lament over the way folks attempt to 'dictate' what's
[>'correct' to one another, even to the point of giving way to mass murder, in
[>the main, i disagree with you.
Wow! I'm not sure if you're merely generating a straw storm or are just being
rankly dishonest. Where in the hell did you come up with this garbage?
/quote start "even to the point of giving way to mass murder." /end quote.
[>>[shrug] I have no interest in 'converting' someone else. My
[>> path is my way while someone else's may be in a different
[>>direction. My point was only that I do not have to justify my lack
[>>of belief in god constructs, just as I don't have
[>>to justify my lack of belief in a myraid of other fictional entitiies.
[>
[>the difficulty inherent is that, to the degree that one diverges from Truth,
[>one's experience becomes increasingly problematic. and when one's experience
[>is problematic, one becomes an increasing 'weight' with respect to the
[>beings of others with whom one interacts.
Wtf are you babbling about?
[>typically, folks 'just' dispense with this point by asking, "What is truth?"
[>
[>it's been the fashion, even in Mathematics and Science, for folks to say,
[>"truth is unknowable", but that's nothing more than a matter of
[>information-processing convenience that's literally calculated so as to
[>perpetuate that with respect to which one is merely-familiar... it's 'just'
[>prejudice.
Wow..a force 4 straw storm.
[>>The
[>>poster I was replying to indicated that a persons lack of belief had to be
[>>'justified.' Tis sad that such a 'justification mindset' only appears with
[>>regard to the person's personal deity construct.
[>
[>the difficulty inherent is that whether or not one 'justifies' one's view,
[>one's view does impinge upon those with whom one interacts.
Really? And just what impact does someones view on Leprecahn's [sp],
pixies, elves, and faeries have on you?
[>the only way to make progress with respect to this difficulty is to seek,
[>and acknowledge, Truth.
Ooohhh....Truth with a capital 'T.' And the objective supporting evidence for
your pet deity is? Or Bigfoot? Or elves, faeries, pixies and such?
[snipping the rest of the babbling]
Stoney
