Merle, Yes, I am joking - but also being serious.
A 'rationalist' is someone who believes rationality is better than experience. That's all...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  bill... > you are playing with words... > what does rationalist  mean?... > now you claim you are a realist... > clarify your position please... > at least your not claiming to be a goblin... > whoops..sorry only joking.. > merle > > >  > Joe, > > Right, sort of. > > To be a 'rationalist' is to be someone who depends on rationality which is > clearly illusory. > > As someone who practices zen which is based entirely on experience I would > hope I would be an 'experientialist' - or a 'realist'. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > Bill!, > > > > I'd say the concept may be rational, although there is not an empirical > > demonstration or proof of existence of such a being. > > > > We know too that various Doctors of the Church did their darnedest along > > rational lines, chief among them Augustine. > > > > --Joe > > > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > I don't see anything rational about the concept of God at all...Bill! > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
