Fundamentalism (Re: The disease of the mind)

2005-06-27 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 22:15:30 -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote > On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:07 PM, I wrote: > > > To me the whole of physics, biology, geology and paleontology, if one > > believes in a deity, shows a delight in chance, interbeing and > > intricacy that is much more like Job's whirlwind t

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-27 Thread Max Battcher
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:07 PM, I wrote: To me the whole of physics, biology, geology and paleontology, if one believes in a deity, shows a delight in chance, interbeing and intricacy that is much more like Job's whirlwind than the Mosaic hard-willed ideal. Hmm. Is fun

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:07 PM, I wrote: To me the whole of physics, biology, geology and paleontology, if one believes in a deity, shows a delight in chance, interbeing and intricacy that is much more like Job's whirlwind than the Mosaic hard-willed ideal. Hmm. Is fundamentalist religion Narc

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 24, 2005, at 12:03 AM, Dave Land wrote: On Jun 23, 2005, at 10:13 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Language is, like the Buddha, two and a half pounds of flax. Ha. It's three pounds, you know. :-) He's on a diet. You seem well-read on the topic. It's interesting to me. As an atheist,

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-24 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 23, 2005, at 10:13 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Language is, like the Buddha, two and a half pounds of flax. Ha. It's three pounds, you know. :-) You seem well-read on the topic. I had to google your flax reference, and came across a page, "Shape of a Buddha," that included a commentary

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Dave Land wrote: It bears noting that this is an extraordinarily liberal view of the Bible, which puts a lot of people off. I'm hardly surprised. There are several beloved sacred cows being tipped here. I knew a couple of girls who went

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-23 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Dave Land wrote: I've carried on with Dan a little about the idea of relative evil, or that social context provides the backdrop against which actions are judged to be meritorious or wrongful. This dovetails with the above passage in the sense that as soon as we pa

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-23 Thread Dave Land
e are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease o

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-23 Thread Warren Ockrassa
ised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind. When the deep meaning of things is not

The disease of the mind

2005-06-22 Thread Dave Land
and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind. When the deep meaning of things is not understood the mind's essential peace