Merle, The only thing you seem to be expanding is the definition of certain terms to suit your whims.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  really bill.. > > is that so.. > have you conducted a survey? > > who says a rationalist puts a premium on reason and holds it higher than > experience..? > > what about being a experiencialist  realist... > > we have to expand our concepts of reality in order to grow... life is a > creative force forever changing, expanding etc > > merle > > >  > Merle, > > A rationalist puts a premium on reason and holds it in higher regard than > experience. > > Look it up in any dictionary you want and you'll find the definition is > something very close to what I've written above, but it certainly will NOT > say that a rationalist values all sources of knowledge equally. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > àbill..disagree..both go hand in hand...merle > > > > > > à> > 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: > > > > > > > > > > > > Ãâàbill... > > > you are playing with words... > > > what does rationalist Ãâàmean?...Ãâà> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > Ãâà> > > 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/
