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when someone sees life as flat, and lives life as flat, then there is no nuance, no richness, no depth
take light for instance, is it a wave? is it a particle? scientists tell us it is both! sometimes one, sometimes the other. can't they agree on anything? if not, then everything they say is is ridiculous
Take water for instance. Is it a liquid? Is it a solid? Is it a gas? Scientists tell us it is sometimes one, sometimes another. Can't they agree on anything?
Take water for instance. Is it a liquid? Is it a solid? Is it a gas? Scientists tell us it is sometimes one, sometimes another. Can't they agree on anything?
Science is by its very essence, indefinite and adaptable to new findings.
when someone sees life as flat, and lives life as flat, then there is no nuance, no richness, no depth
take light for instance, is it a wave? is it a particle? scientists tell us it is both! sometimes one, sometimes the other. can't those pesky scientists agree on anything? if not, well then everything they say is is suspect and ridiculous and hogwash, obviously they are wishy-washy
no, the limitation is not in the scientists describing light, or the people who explore the world of spirit, those are rich, detailed, complex, exciting, magnificient worlds to explore. The limitation (or making sense of seeming contradictions) is with the limited understanding of the person seeking to grasp the concept. Big subject + small minds = limited understanding. As we grow in our understanding.....(those of us who are willing to grow that is, the first obstacle to get over, is to get over the arrogant infantile notion we already know everything) (a close second obstacle would be the petty bullying and ridicule of anyone who understands or experiences something we don't, by calling them names and labeling them as idiots)
....if we are able to tackle those obstacles, which have nothing to do with intelligence and everything to do with arrogance; nothing to do with knowledge and everything to do with an attitude of willingness to be open, to explore, to learn; then we are able to begin to grasp more of any rich complex subject, whether it is calculus or spirit or medicine or whatever.
in addition language and words themselves are limited, so to try to use a limited tool to describe or express an experience or concept that is beyond words, has its drawbacks. Some things (like falling in love, like feelings of rapture) require an experience of them, words never do them justice, reading about joy is not the same as feeling joy; and your experience of joy were you to try and describe it may be very different from mine when i describe it.
in general, people who rely heavily or solely on intellect and the physical world, are the same people who are squeamish and uncomfortable with exploring or even acknowledging the non-physical world of emotion, of feeling, of intuition, of spirit.
(and even when I was an atheist smug in my superiority and arrogance, there was a part of me that had to wonder and question, and ask, and yes acknowledge....surely people like Martin Luther King, like Gandhi, like Gautama Buddha, like the Baal Shem Tov, like the Dalai Lama must know something that I don't.)
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I was gonna ravage the champs more, but I don't see any need anymore
This is what this thread actually stands for:
Atheism made stupid for the theist.
The original post was clearly stupid. Stuff that the atheist says is intellectual garbage, while it insinuates that the theist is far more stupid.
I called out on the poster to explain if he truly understands the physics behind what he posted about so sumptuously.
It's just another of those SPAM forwards and he brought it here to covertly attack the religious folks, in a forum where it's a global parameter among the bogus Darwinists and googletons that theists have intellectual capabilities comparable only to oysters and fresh water mussels
If someone's flashing his intellect on the face of the religious people, then come out of hiding and let's have a discussion on physics, science and evolution.
Take water for instance. Is it a liquid? Is it a solid? Is it a gas? Scientists tell us it is sometimes one, sometimes another. Can't they agree on anything?
i love you balvenie! tried to rep you but gotta wait
If someone's flashing his intellect on the face of the religious people, then come out of hiding and let's have a discussion on physics, science and evolution.
Are you really calling out the atheists on this site for not discussing science?
That's a pretty high horse you're ridin' there.
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