--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > > On Behalf Of TurquoiseB > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > Good one. I just forwarded it to my humor list. > > > > Always happy to contribute to the sum of humor in the world. :-) > > > > It's just that there are so *many* of these instances of > > ignored circular logic in the spiritual smorgasbord. I just > > can't tell you how many times I had a variant of the fol- > > lowing conversation with Rama TBs after he died: > > > > Me: So you believe Rama was enlightened. > > TB: Absolutely. I *know* he was enlightened. > > Me: How do you know this? > > TB: Well, he met all the criteria for enlightenment. > > Me: And who gave you these criteria? > > TB: Rama did. > > Me: But how do you know that the criteria are true? > > TB: Because he said them. > > Me: And? > > TB: And he was enlightened, so they had to be true. > > Me: Oh. > > TB: And your point is? > > Me: Never mind. > > Similar to the Christian logic. Somewhere towards the end > of the Bible it says that everything in this book is true > and no one is authorized to alter it. I guess we could call > it the bootstrap approach to authority.
What is obviously needed is The Bible Simplified. Here is my candidate: [http://img1.visualizeus.com/thumbs/08/09/02/atheism,funny,jesus,poster,\ religion,stupid-3d5472d1118af053d3ca5b4f08464d1c_h.jpg]
