I wouldn't say call off the dogs, just know that you're dealing with a fringe population. Or I hope at least.youkrst wrote:Ah.... I see, good stuff gentlemen... Carry on
So instead of seeing literalists if I think more of the other end of the spectrum I shall understand better.... Yes, that is better, thanks gents, I'll put the inner attack dog back on the chain
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Humanism must mean that we've found ways to surmount the prison of our egos, if I can use some exaggeration.
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from the article
there is still that residue of "child dependence"
they haven't met the buddha on the road and killed him yet (not sure if you know that principle)
they dont yet "know themselves"
so they have a residual child like fear
Bane wouldn't budge a nanometer and Chris would probably just start mixing cocktails or find the scotch or make a nice bacon and egg sandwich
i'm more a transcendentalist agnostic but i'm regularly in foxholes
my belief system doesn't waver one whit, foxhole or ballroom the centre holds firm. It's not really a belief system, it's more an inner realm, an awareness a still point in the centre so to speak. It has many names, the axis, xanadu, shangri-la and so on, but they are just metaphors.
hmmmm i'm dubious about that
i mean no doubt most of us do but is that a good thing, no i dont think so.
and remember
Derren Brown is an atheist and no one, NOBODY, can read you better than the mighty DB.
He knows you better than you know yourself
now this is a curse
i suspect this sort of thing could be a result of not having "found their centre"Even atheists seem to fear a higher power. A study published last year found that self-identified nonbelievers began to sweat when reading aloud sentences asking God to do terrible things (“I dare God to make my parents drown”). Not only that, they stressed out just as much as believers did
there is still that residue of "child dependence"
they haven't met the buddha on the road and killed him yet (not sure if you know that principle)
they dont yet "know themselves"
so they have a residual child like fear
Interbane and Chris are atheists and if i was in a foxhole i wouldn't mind having those two for company at allas they say, there are no atheists in foxholes.
Bane wouldn't budge a nanometer and Chris would probably just start mixing cocktails or find the scotch or make a nice bacon and egg sandwich
i'm more a transcendentalist agnostic but i'm regularly in foxholes
my belief system doesn't waver one whit, foxhole or ballroom the centre holds firm. It's not really a belief system, it's more an inner realm, an awareness a still point in the centre so to speak. It has many names, the axis, xanadu, shangri-la and so on, but they are just metaphors.
we attribute intentions to the natural world in much the same way that we attribute intentions to other people. Indeed, a recent paper from a lab at the University of British Columbia reported that the better study participants were at reading others, the more strongly they believed in God, the paranormal, and the notion that life has a purpose
hmmmm i'm dubious about that
i mean no doubt most of us do but is that a good thing, no i dont think so.
and remember
Derren Brown is an atheist and no one, NOBODY, can read you better than the mighty DB.
He knows you better than you know yourself
bring it on witchy poos, hah! you call that a curseFear is another driver of irrationality. In a British study, students imagined an encounter with a self-professed witch who offered to cast an evil spell on them. About half said a scientist should accept the hex without concern. Yet each of them said that, personally, they’d decline the offer
now this is a curse