Do I believe there is a God? Absolutely not! Do I believe there is not a God? Absolutely not! Atheism is just the very sad flip side to believing there is. THAT IS NOT FREE THOUGHT. Am I agnostic? Not exactly. Me, I am ready to recognize! All believing that is not aimed at the demise of the need to believe is mental poison and makes us less than all we can be. I will hold to a hypothetical in scientific method. I will toast the muse as an artist. But belief MUST have as its object actualization or the testing of realities. If not, it is faith ~ and faith is a mental disease. I do not accept that God is true. I seek TRUTH and call it God... whatever it may be.
http://niggerwise.com On Nov 3, 5:19 pm, BBDD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, an idle mind is the devil's (religion's) play ground. It is more > than demonstrated in most here in that they are as arbitrary as any > gung ho Christian in their thinking. One even asked if I had been > similarly received on other boards. We call these sad little things > groups... not boards. A board is like mine behind the lower right orb > of niggerwise. THOSE ARE BOARDS! These are exact twins to the yahoo > groups I have so many of... but with far less features. Don't visit > many but over the years I have on occasion and in every case was > received as graciously as here. Of course the only ones I ever probed > before now were Christian or cult. I did visit some that are run by > friends who ARE free thinkers and there not even Christians are so > treated. But it is something some here will outgrow, one would hope, > being so young. Very many, however, will do as they prove to > statistically and find homes in religion. > > http://niggerwise.com > > On Nov 3, 5:03 pm, BBDD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > All faith must fall away from its own founding contentions. This is a > > natural process of aging that happens even with truths. Truths have > > external reality to bring them back into focus. Faith does not. It is > > destined to drift further and further from its original intent. Add to > > this that it is a notion as different as fingerprints from even one > > member to the next within any given sect. The Christians claim to > > worship only one God and fault the pagan for their many, yet no two > > Christians see that God the same. In some it is the grounds for some > > limited charity. More often it is the stuff of rabid fascism. The > > corruption of the "father figure" God of the Christians and Muslims > > alike are the root of not just a war that has cost trillions and > > threatens to now bankrupt the world, but of Bosnian and Serb > > Christians raping Muslim children to ruin them for marriage, all in > > the name of this "Jesus". Interestingly, this "father figure" God and > > "Jesus", as Lord commander of armies, is very far from the original > > intent that did not hold this God figure to be manlike at all. It is a > > quality inherent in the name YHVH that is male in principle but not at > > all man like. The first Y, or yod in Hebrew, is the Sire principle of > > creation ~ or first movement. The first H, or he, is the "Great > > Mother", or nothingness. The V, or vau, is the Ever Coming Son, or > > chaos. The final H is creation with the emergence of order within > > chaos. These were thought of as symbols for principles, as algebraics > > before the advent of our language of physics, to describe things as > > real as gravity within that particular world view. Movement within > > nothing created chaos containing all possibilities because infinite. > > Not an unworkable cosmological view... until it becomes daddy over > > time and tells you to kill mommy. > > >http://niggerwise.com > > > On Nov 3, 1:39 pm, BBDD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It was mentioned by one of the Jason babies that New Age religions are > > > not that dangerous. The kiddies could not be more wrong. The flaw is > > > in faith itself. I once lived across the street from one group of New > > > Agers most have heard about. It was on the corner of McCalister and > > > Scot street in San Francisco; the Old Russain Embassy and home to > > > Kenneth Anger and Bobby B. The group was Charlie's, The Manson Family. > > > Another I had extensive dealings with when busting cults back in those > > > days was Peoples Temple. Don't drink the Cool Aid. They killed their > > > own children and then themselves. > > > >http://niggerwise.com > > > > On Nov 3, 1:11 pm, BBDD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Attention to mind is widely practiced. It is an element of pursuing > > > > higher education. That attention to furthering knowledge has been > > > > proven to benefit beyond the knowledge gained. It has been found to > > > > minimize the effects of Alzheimer’s. The function and nature of mind > > > > used to be a fundamental in any degree in engineering and physics. > > > > This has been undermined by the Western attention to dialectics as > > > > opposed to mental process, but is still a component that is a > > > > recognized attribute when looking for a position in any engineering > > > > field. We don’t just think ~ we think about how we think and attend > > > > training seminars on things like “thinking outside the box” and > > > > “enhanced attention”. Degree of attention is a key element to success > > > > in any creative field ~ from artist to inventor. > > > > > Faith is the monster. For one, it diminishes mental attention. Worse, > > > > it justifies all things, from individual atrocities to genocide and > > > > warfare. All these things are committed in the name of vague notions > > > > that command above and beyond normal human considerations and > > > > compassions. Faith is essentially just a notion. It cannot be held > > > > constant from generation to generation, so what is a source of some > > > > good in one age is very likely to become the source of catastrophe in > > > > the next. Nor are notions of faith constant from one member of a sect > > > > to the next. While one Christian adopts, another in the name of the > > > > same “Jesus” kills. This is evident in the World Court right now, > > > > where Christians are on trial for ripping the embryos from Muslim > > > > women and sewing dead animals up in them. > > > > >http://niggerwise.com-Hidequoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
