--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote:
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> "With old age comes inflexibility and the loss of mental agility which is
> more than evident in your posts"
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> Actually, I think you must *work* on closing your mind, to have that occur as
> you age. Both my father in law at
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote:
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> Easy - Turq is no longer, "old as f*ck". He has advanced to his next step,
> rotting.:-)
That's right, his posts do have a certain odour :-)
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
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> > I'm still tryi
"With old age comes inflexibility and the loss of mental agility which is more
than evident in your posts"
Actually, I think you must *work* on closing your mind, to have that occur as
you age. Both my father in law at 86, and my dear departed father, at 89, have
and had far more flexible and o
urq didn't use asterisks (-:
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> From: nablusoss1008
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 6:26 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting article on atheism
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ldLife] Re: Interesting article on atheism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
> I think a little balance is in order, and hope to
> provide some from time to time. If my doing so
> occasionally causes people to act like the cultists
> they are and go all
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
> I think a little balance is in order, and hope to
> provide some from time to time. If my doing so
> occasionally causes people to act like the cultists
> they are and go all reactive and paranoid and nasty
> trying to demonize me, that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> wrote:
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> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > As to the various flavours of those who believe in various
> > > inter
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
> wrote:
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> > As to the various flavours of those who believe in various
> > interpretations of reality, I recall reading a comment on
> > atheism somewhere t
Hi Curtis - not sure what I have to say about all of this. Let me give it a
whirl:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
wrote:
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> Thanks for keeping the rap going. I'd like to focus on a few points.
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> >
> > **Yeah, again, you must provide an example here. This ooga boo
ould that do for the person
psychologically. And here I thought you were a psychology eschewing
philosopher (-:
From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 10:40 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interestin
Excellent post. I had never heard the baldness analogy but it will become a
part of my future raps off the board.
I am not sure that this:
" These are hypothetical constructs the mind/brain maps onto unbounded being."
has meaning for me. I guess I am not convinced that we could subjectively
As to the various flavours of those who believe in various interpretations of
reality, I recall reading a comment on atheism somewhere that those who believe
atheism is like a religious belief are looking at the situation in the same way
a person imagines that baldness is a hair color. There do
Thanks for keeping the rap going. I'd like to focus on a few points.
>
> **Yeah, again, you must provide an example here. This ooga booga
> unconsciousness I don't know about. Even when I am asleep I have
> self-awareness. So I don't know what it is I should be facing, according to
> you, wh
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> wrote:
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> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
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> > > Hey Curtis, I always thought it was an agnostic who doesn't know whether
> > > or
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
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> > Thanks for getting this ball rolling -
>
> I think you get that credit.
>
>
> one more thing I want to add, is a response to the challenge, "How do
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote:
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> Thanks for getting this ball rolling -
I think you get that credit.
one more thing I want to add, is a response to the challenge, "How do I know
that my world view is correct?"
>
> Simple answer, I don't. However, I base my
The writer is obviously a confused man. He needs to spend some time in
meditation to find out who he is. As such, he doesn't have to pray and still
believe there is no God.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
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> A guy climbs to a mountaintop, looks out at the beauty
> of
Thanks for getting this ball rolling - one more thing I want to add, is a
response to the challenge, "How do I know that my world view is correct?"
Simple answer, I don't. However, I base my conclusions on my own experience. So
far, the path I have chosen, has rewarded me incomprehensibly in ter
Hi Curtis, I did not say anything about beliefs, or use that word in my
response. If atheism is merely an absence of the *belief* in God, that is a
very positive thing. God is an ongoing journey, not a being described with
static values, that are then pitted against us, by comparison.
God is li
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
> >
> > Hey Curtis, I always thought it was an agnostic who doesn't know whether or
> > not God exists, and that an atheist flatly denies the existence of God.
>
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote:
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> Hey Curtis, I always thought it was an agnostic who doesn't know whether or
> not God exists, and that an atheist flatly denies the existence of God.
This is a common misconception about atheism. It has to do with people's
diffi
Hey Curtis, I always thought it was an agnostic who doesn't know whether or not
God exists, and that an atheist flatly denies the existence of God. I am
referring to atheists, not agnostics.
Atheists are those who deny their childish ideas, but have not yet advanced to
adulthood.
By this I mea
Favorite topic: how non-atheists misunderstand or misstate the philosophical
position of most atheists.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote:
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> The only thing I have seen in atheists is that they were brought up with a
> *belief system* about God, which they now rejec
"I just did that very thing and didn't find god. Maybe you should
see a doctor if you're getting voices in your head, could be
serious."
I didn't say, or imply, anything about voices in my head. Try not thinking for
another 30 seconds, please, until the voices go away. Rinse and repeat.:-)
---
"Sure, whole galaxies or universes may contract, disappear, and reappear from
time to time, but that's nothing more than THE BREATHING OF A LARGER COSMOS
[emphasis mine] -- breathe out, and you've got a universe; breathe in, and it
goes poof!"
Sure sounds an awful lot like God at play; Lila. So
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote:
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> The only thing I have seen in atheists is that they were brought up with a
> *belief system* about God, which they now reject. OK.
>
> Joke is on them, strutting about and proclaiming no existence of God. All
> they need do,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
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> > A guy climbs to a mountaintop, looks out at the beauty
> > of creation, and realizes that none of it required the
> > existence of a God.
> >
> > http://www.salon.com/20
The only thing I have seen in atheists is that they were brought up with a
*belief system* about God, which they now reject. OK.
Joke is on them, strutting about and proclaiming no existence of God. All they
need do, is quit thinking, just for 30 seconds, and they would rediscover God
with a v
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
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> A guy climbs to a mountaintop, looks out at the beauty
> of creation, and realizes that none of it required the
> existence of a God.
>
> http://www.salon.com/2013/03/03/my_sober_conversion_to_atheism_partner/
I liked this man's writi
Great article. Touches on many issues I think about.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
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> A guy climbs to a mountaintop, looks out at the beauty
> of creation, and realizes that none of it required the
> existence of a God.
>
>
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/03/my_sober_co
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" seekliberation@
wrote:
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> > I wouldn't go as far as saying that creation doesn't
> > require the 'existence' of God, but more so it doesn't
> > require an intricate belief system
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation"
wrote:
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> I wouldn't go as far as saying that creation doesn't
> require the 'existence' of God, but more so it doesn't
> require an intricate belief system full of moral
> guidelines based on our perception of what God could,
> should,
I wouldn't go as far as saying that creation doesn't require the 'existence' of
God, but more so it doesn't require an intricate belief system full of moral
guidelines based on our perception of what God could, should, or would be.
Creation exists regardless of what belief system we have or don
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