Vaj, will you just shut up please. You are stinking the joint up. You fuck with the truth. You are a liar. You corrupt yourself here on FFL. You are out of control. Stop it. You need a time out. Get some kind of real goal, Vaj. You are fouling your own nest.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Dec 17, 2011, at 6:40 PM, maskedzebra wrote: > > > RESPONSE: Not merely learning about divine things but also experiencing > > them—that does not come from mere intellectual acquaintance with the terms > > of scientific theology, but from loving the things of God and cleaving to > > them by affection. Fellow-feeling comes from fondness rather than from > > cognizance, for things understood are in the mind in the mind's own > > fashion, whereas desire goes out to things as they are in themselves; love > > would transform us into the very condition of their being. Thus, by the > > settled bent of his affections, a virtuous man is well apt to judge > > straightway the affairs of virtue; so also the lover of divine matters > > divinely catches their gist. > > > > Aquinas > > > Gee, I would of thought I warranted more of a response than another quote > from Dead Catholic Theologians 101. Esp. one from a mere intellectual like > Aquinas? Perhaps a Desert Father for dessert next time? > > I wonder if Aquinas was a gelukpa in his next life? If so, he would have to > feign a more universal love - no doubt difficult for RC's... >