i can see a bit of me in evryone and a bit of evryone in me , in all
there is the face of good and evil , comidy and drama , the
worst example can serve as the best example , voo doo says god is
not good or evil , it is man who uses the power of god[s] to create
ether good or evil themselves , to consider the origin as pure
and that which emerges as coarse , to be one without knowledge , not
traped in the teachings of the sage , like the earth itself , without
knowledge , free from the tribulations of self promotion , evry
creature born comes from the soil and returnes to the soil , holy
land , holy mountains , holy caves , sacrifice of crop and animal ,
gods of half man half animal , gods living in trees streems lightning
volcanoes , the tiger , dragon , mloth , lion , lamb, crocidile ,
elephant , lepord, the stars, god was seen as nature , the earth
which was connected with , the heavens , connected with , god
the only thing that can be proven or even supported by any evedance ,
are those things which are of the earth , ( material world ) how then
can any inquiry be made on the speculation of heaven , if that inquiry
does not originate through the observation of the earth ?
rigsy03 wrote:
> I appreciated your response and will delve into Aristotle- surely he
> has a definition of "The Good". The trouble is that good and evil can
> be false and masquerade as one another so it takes an informed mind to
> recognise them- sometimes- although I think we can often identify them
> properly- especially in their extreme manifestations.
>
> Contrary to your opinion that I am an agnostic or my sommersaults
> about faith, I do believe in God and pray to Him daily- either via
> gratitude or supplication. My beef is with religions that have been
> constructed by men and used by men in vicious ways. God is not made in
> our image. He is beyond human understanding. Why is this so hard to
> see when we must struggle to know ourselves or another?
>
> On Apr 2, 6:33 pm, ornamentalmind <ornsmindseyes...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Well Ash, like all words, when applied to something it becomes a 'lie'…
> > read: becomes something other than itself.
> >
> > Accepting that caveat, I use the term "The Good" in the Platonic way.
> > And, since we are talking about Divine Forms here, we move quite
> > quickly into mysticism. So, just applying 'rational' terms and
> > reasoning let alone simple analogies just won't cut it for a full
> > understanding of the notion.
> >
> > For those who aren't conversant with this, see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_of_the_Good
> >
> > As is referenced, it (Good) exceeds being. Looking further down the
> > page, it is instructive to note that Parmenides suggests that such
> > Forms "must be seen through the mind's eye." Interesting, no?
> >
> > In the first handful of years, Mind's Eye was all rational and
> > mysticism and religiousness was in general shouted down as being
> > worthless at best. I found this a strange and unenlightened view and
> > kept pushing the agenda of exploring beyond the 5 senses…often to
> > sharp reactions and criticism. Today, perhaps as a result, we have
> > moved in general to the other side of the dichotomy of skeptic/
> > believer… and many posts are pure blind belief.
> >
> > Regardless, when first exposed to the Greek notion of 'The Good', I
> > found an innate resonance and have been exploring the associated Pure
> > Grounds ever since.
> >
> > You asked for my words on this…something quite difficult to present at
> > best. I will say that as shown above that The Good is a universal. It
> > is objective. It is innate and not of the senses.
> >
> > In particular, I was saying in my previous post in response to your
> > suggestion that "we seem mostly of little consequence." that "On the
> > larger scales, our logic…" is of little or no consequence either…at
> > least in any ultimate sense.
> >
> > Hopefully this at least approaches a satisfactory response for you.
> >
> > On Apr 2, 11:42 am, Ash <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Could you please clarify what is meant by "The Good"? I understand some
> > > limitations and pitfalls of logic but knowing that clarifies little in this
> > > regard, it's another point agreed on. "The Good" is a term used by many but
> > > it makes little sense to me, perhaps I am uninitiated, it seems mostly
> > > arbitrary. But I would like your take on it if you please.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
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