[Mind's Eye] Re: Raison d'etre - can we find one

wouldn't that belife itself make it true?

leerevdouglas@googlemail.com wrote:
> I have always found that a really strange take on things. Seperate
> from nauture how?
>
> As to seperate from God that is entirly up to what your take on what
> God is.
>
> My take says we are not seperate at all, yet we believe we are.
>
> On Mar 31, 4:23 pm, the taoist shaman <bryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > perhaps there was  a time when there was no need of prophets because
> > virtue was inate , perhaps " the fruit of the knowledge of good and
> > evil " opened a part of the brain that opened the eyes of man and he
> > saw he was naked  and separated from nature and there for god , god
> > then needed to comunicate w-man through man , to bring him back to
> > unity w-god , as we origonaly were
> >
> >
> >
> > leerevdoug...@googlemail.com wrote:
> > > A THOUGHT + Why did God wait until we brains had already stuffed up
> > > before he sent his prophets to help us out.
> >
> > > Pehraps God did not, perhaps even the cavmen had their prohpets?
> >
> > > On Mar 31, 7:07 am, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > If I understand Dawkins and Dennett correctly we can probably deduce
> > > > that previous to being convinced that Darwin had indeed developed a
> > > > convincing explanation showing that it is possible to create sentient,
> > > > rational beings from inanimate beginnings it was probably impossible
> > > > for anyone to not be a theist of some sort. Now that atheism is
> > > > rationally valid, to replace the goodness of God,it can be held that
> > > > its creed must provide consolation and meaning to life in order to
> > > > stave off despair without recourse to a supreme being other than the
> > > > universe itself. That is, for the theists of the world  to retain hope
> > > > and faith in their existence. For me, I find it easy to delude myself
> > > > that not only is religion to do with faith and hope which it fulfils
> > > > admirably but that it is also to do with truth. Clearly a trap that I
> > > > must avoid in order to empathise with believers.
> >
> > > > Hence my initial post - To geet a handle on some replacement for many
> > > > years of blind faith.
> >
> > > > Thanks for your contributions. If you have any more keep them coming.
> > > > I am all ears.
> >
> > > > A THOUGHT + Why did God wait until we brains had already stuffed up
> > > > before he sent his prophets to help us out.- Hide quoted text -
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