Is People Afraid of the Truth?
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep jungle
> On Dec 22, 11:12 am, "davenort...@gmail.com" <davenort...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Currently, in many quarters, Christianity is updating its theology
> > in light of New and Old Testament studies as well as modern science.
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> > In this regard, there is a tendency to regard much of scripture as
> > symbolic or metaphorical. Of coarse, the Devil is now correctly
> > downgraded from a reality to a representation of the human experience
> > of evil in life. Including suffering, temptation etc.
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> > To my mind, certain types of evil such as world wars are so horrendous
> > that the human mind is pushed beyond factual description to symbolic
> > and poetic language, for example myth. What else can you do when you
> > affirm God is all powerful and all good and the evil encountered seems to
> > strongly counter that faith. So, though I've long ago abandoned belief in
> > the Devil, I can readily understand why our forbears believed in a real
> > Devil roaming the world to tempt and to destroy. Something the uneducated
> > non-scientific masses of the middle and ancient ages could believe. And, at
> > the same time, the heat was taken off the Church and theologians because
> > the Devil, not God, "did it."
>
> So, in your mind, it makes perfect sense that ancient uneducated
> people anthropomorphized pain and suffering, but joy and peace come
> from a real being, no anthropomorphism here... Why the dichotomy?
>
> Come on, you are so close!
> One down, one to go!
I don't think he'll take the jump because many people are afraid of
the truth. Many people actually hide from it if it threatens their
lifestyle or requires some major mental overhaul. The most they dare
is a tuneup. ;)
Same point is demonstrated with Assange. Many people are simply afraid
of the truth for the same reasons. "What will happen if I must see the
ugly beast?" Climate Change is a similar issue...
This hiding from the truth though is what is threatening us with
extinction. At some point you must become a li-on hunter (hunter of
the lie). I just got to jump on the lion and expose the beast. The lie
may have been a defense mechanism in evolution, but it's not working
anymore.
Enough for the Wisdom of the Jungle, off I go in my monkey bike.
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His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep jungle
> Responding to His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep
> jungle:
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> This is a common failing of religious and philosophical debate.
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> If we started by assuming the human mind is as much a collection of
> distorted components that did not (in this instance) result in rapid
> extinction (IOW, a lucky break for this species), as the human body is,
> then we might get somewhere.
80% are dumb and 20% are crazy, who are the people that create.
In order to get somewhere we must leave the primitive mind behind,
which means no magical explanations of events. I think someone like
Einstein could lead the world instead of our political leaders versed
in winning elections and wiping out the opposition.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep jungle
> On Dec 23, 7:52 am, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of
> the deep jungle" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> In reply to "Is People Afraid of the Truth?":
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> Yes. The truth is that education is falling by the wayside. That
> truth scares the livin' shit out of me.
Lack of idealism worries me even more. In this world and age, there's
two kinds of people: THOSE WITH MONEY AND THOSE WITHOUT IT.
Education is only an instrument for living good.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep jungle
> Responding to His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep
> jungle:
> "lead us". Unfortunately, its generally the psychopaths that "go the
> extra mile" to grasp the reigns of power.
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> The only mechanism we have to swing things away from this kind of
> perpetual result is an educated population with a capacity for
> independant thought, and understanding of our animal instincts, and
> civilised dialogue.
>
> Maybe we need to vote for domestic cats next time.
You are expecting too much from education. You must first change the
political climate.
Whoever is in charge I want him to have this motto:
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep
moving” -A. Einstein
It seems we live in a world willing to sacrifice the whole of humanity
not to change a bit and make room for the bike and other clever ideas.
VFW,
<acb965ad-b0a9-43e5...@k11g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>,
"His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep jungle"
> łLife is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep
> moving˛ -A. Einstein
>
> It seems we live in a world willing to sacrifice the whole of humanity
> not to change a bit and make room for the bike and other clever ideas.
We should not listen to those that religion was based on what a talking
snake suggested.
--
Karma, What a concept!
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep jungle
> In article
> <acb965ad-b0a9-43e5-b684-1934f9bff...@k11g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>,
> > moving� -A. Einstein
>
> > It seems we live in a world willing to sacrifice the whole of humanity
> > not to change a bit and make room for the bike and other clever ideas.
>
> We should not listen to those that religion was based on what a talking
> snake suggested.
> --
> Karma, What a concept!
Very important point. I have one like that as neighbor, but she walks
on two feet. ;)
We rather listen to people like Einstein...
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
* "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and
more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to
move in the opposite direction."
* "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
* "Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
* "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
* "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income
tax."
* "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
* "The only real valuable thing is intuition."
* "A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
* "I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."
* "God is subtle but he is not malicious."
* "Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
* "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."
more:
http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/EinsteinQuotes.html
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Actually I'm sure he wouldn't mind we challenged some of his ideas. HE
NEVER PRETENDED TO BE GOD.
Edward Dolan
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> Actually I'm sure he wouldn't mind we challenged some of his ideas. HE
NEVER PRETENDED TO BE GOD.
You've got shit for brains all right. Now what else is new?
Fucking Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota