sonoman wrote:Why would I care what you "believe" in or not about God if you're an atheist?
but i'm not really an atheist, i do however reject utterly the literalist orthodox dogma of an external god, yahweh, allah, historical jesus etc etc any dogma supported by a literalist interpretation of a set of scriptures is to me anathema and a recipe for personal disaster.
my views on matters religious are practically identical to those of one Joseph Campbell.
atheist is a tag, like christian that can be put on many different kinds of people who may or may not each bring a unique flavour to the tag.
for example i am quite atheistic towards historical jesus but very sympathetic to the concept of brahman.
Brahman (ब्रह्मन् brahman) is "the unchanging reality amidst and beyond the world"[1], which "cannot be exactly defined"
sonoman wrote:That would be like asking a 350 lb. bricklayer his opinions on how to dance the Argentine tango.
i might find his answer quite entertaining and if you stopped pigeonholing everyone you might just learn something!
sonoman wrote:If you really truly for sure did love me you'd help me tar and feather the monitors and owner of this forum and run 'em out of town on a rail for being no good stink pots attempting to thwart the almighty big mouth of God.
no! i'd try and help you see that because people disagree with you doesn't mean you can write them off, but rather you can by diligent persistent communication make your ideas known.
sonoman wrote:My God is you and me and all of us put together, the whole works from the earliest hominid Og to the smartest Einstein, or even going back to the first slimy mudworm to crawl on land or before that the first molecules to combine together to self-replicate,
Brahman (ब्रह्मन् brahman) is "the unchanging reality amidst and beyond the world"[1], which "cannot be exactly defined"
sonoman wrote:Some have been given the talent for revealing the embedded Knowledge of God.
that would be you?
sonoman wrote:A satiated mind doesn't need to know more, doesn't want to look for more
reminds me of you sonoman, a mind satiated on CTC and ego protection.
let go, the tighter you hold on the more the danger of shaking apart. loosen your grip before your hand shatters and you can no longer wield paxcalibur.
sonoman wrote:Now do you believe in my God?
you mean, do i agree with your attempt to put into words that which is beyond words?
well if you read above you will see that we are not worlds apart in some ideas, but ideas are only as useful as the experience they enable and as jimi would say
are you experienced?
have you ever been experienced....
and so whatever metaphor you might employ we must transcend through direct experience
otherwise we will be like people at a restaurant trying to eat the menu, yuck tastes like paper and ink