“If a godthing were proved to me I would immediately question it's motives in regards to my self-preservation. Any god-thing proven to me, and I am going to assume this is not a christian god or other human created god, would be an alien, and therefore a completely uncomprehensible being until studied, if allowed. You would have to define bliss as well….” – CB
While late to the conversation, looking at the above, it appears that you assume all ‘human created god[s]’ as being anthropomorphic, right? And, even your hypothetical incomprehensible alien is labeled as a ‘being’ and one that can be studied at that. (if allowed, strange after thought) All of this seems to ignore negative theology entirely. As to ‘bliss’, I’m not sure how serious clog was in bringing it up, but the state is found in numerous cultures and their associated philosophy/theology. It is no accident that in Tibetan Buddhism for example, this particular level/result/state is represented as physical union among the other associated visual analogies. See: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Guhyasamaja_in_Yab-Yum.jpg/250px-Guhyasamaja_in_Yab-Yum.jpg On Oct 29, 9:49 am, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If a godthing were proved to me I would immediately question it's motives in > regards to my self-preservation. Any god-thing proven to me, and I am going > to assume this is not a christian god or other human created god, would be > an alien, and therefore a completely uncomprehensible being until studied, > if allowed. You would have to define bliss as well. Eternal bliss for me > would be science fiction to many:) If the god of christians were proven to > me, thusly affecting my daughter.. whatever it takes to protect her would be > the path. > > sorry, mention licking and my brain short circuits :) > > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi y'all - if a god were proved to you, would you lick just one toe > > without a sexual connotation in exchange for eternal bliss? I would, > > if the bliss started now and I was aware of the bliss (assuming he/she/ > > it doesn't have nail fungus.) > > > On Oct 29, 11:18 am, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think you think like me and we thusly agree.... > > > > Though always open to new provable evidence..I would go so far as to say > > I > > > will never lick someone elses feet or bow my knee, except of course, for > > > sexual intertainment purposes. I believe in standing still > > somewhere...and > > > that place does not want a god nor need one specifically as created by > > > humanity. If that appears to close my mind..then until Carl Sagan appears > > > from the dead and opens it, the way is shut. > > > > En finis > > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:41 AM, ornamentalmind > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > "... What do you all think?" - J > > > > > I think you have come to a wonderful insight! > > > > > On Oct 29, 8:23 am, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > <<What do you all think? >> > > > > > > Close-minded is appropriate in some circumstances. Einstein, when > > > > > confronted with early evidence that the special theory of relativity > > > > > was wrong, said that the experiment was incorrect. He turned out to > > > > > be correct. > > > > > > Many people didn't believe the most recent reports of bigfoot being > > > > > found, because so many earlier reports were either incorrect or > > > > > fraudulent. They turned out to be correct. > > > > > > The list could go on and on. When you have a huge amount of evidence > > > > > that one thing is true, it's not reasonable to give that up with one > > > > > new piece of (seemingly) contrary evidence, particularly when those > > > > > touting it have a history of poor thinking processes or outright > > lies.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
