On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:27:48 -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote > What if the sofa responds to prayers in exactly the same way as holy > doctrines' deities? Allah, JHVH, Iasus, the Hindu manifestations...
Doesn't matter... you won't be able to prove it. ;-) > That is, assuming a deity, its heart must be open to any heart open > to it. Else it's not a deity, in my mind. That means rituals, names, > even languages are all superseded by the value contained in the > *being* doing the reaching or attempting the communication. Perhaps that's why a surrendering of self, with all of the language and other stuff, tends to be common to religions of all sorts. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
