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Orias

Orias

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    Best way to go about it, pick what you like, get rid of what you don't.
    I don't really understand the idea of keeping things you dislike or don't believe in. Seems crazy to me.
    Breathe
    A good principle to follow, really. :) Did you study much into Taoism's philosophy?
    Breathe
    It depends how hard one avoids collecting stamps, I guess. Only having one in the house at any one time, for example? :D
    Breathe
    I bet some went mad. :D
    Or used that old cliché, "Like not collecting stamps is a hobby" or something like that?
    Breathe
    I agree, makes sense. ;)
    Some people are very thin skinned though; what about when debating with them?
    Breathe
    Probably because it's easier that way. :D Plus, why learn about, you know, other philosophies, when it's easier to insult one? :D

    Sounds like an interesting way to argue, too. ;) Do you find it works well?
    Breathe
    Haha, awesome. :D
    I've long since gotten fed up of debating with hardcore atheists about my beliefs. It usually goes the same way, and then I'm ignored for not being literal enough. :D
    Breathe
    Ah, I think I know what happened there, lol.

    I agree; speaking of the unknowable is incredibly difficult, if not impossible. It's even more difficult to speak to someone about it who has no experience with that unknowable. In my opinion, it can be like talking about the colour red to a blind person. :)
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    LOL, yeah; like a real life version of looking for things on Wikipedia or Youtube; within 5 minutes you're somewhere completely different. ;)

    I like the "by knowing the knowable gods, you will begin to know the unknown God" idea. It sounds pretty awesome.
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    LOL, yeah; like a real life version of looking for things on Wikipedia or Youtube; within 5 minutes you're somewhere completely different. ;)

    I like the "by knowing the knowable gods, you will begin to know the unknown God" idea. It sounds pretty awesome.
    Breathe
    I totally get you. ;) I sort of hold God as change, whilst also a sort of "permanent" thing, on one level (the mundane), God is Śakti: change. Whereas beyond the mundane, into something much more, it's permanency. :D
    Breathe
    Haha, true :D
    To me, though, it sounds more like "I believe only in the fundamentals" as in, what cannot be denied -- but maybe conservative would be a better term. Maybe the fundamentalists became more and more, well, fundamentalist over time, so now they're just mental. ;)
    Breathe
    :D
    I'm not even sure why fundamentalist became, well, a bad word. Doesn't fundamentalist mean "believes in the fundamentals"? When did it become "extremist"? Shouldn't it mean "liberal", more than anything? :D
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    I feel the same way; I would get more frubals if I just posted memes or sarcastic posts, and I would get more replies if I was a fundie.
    Maybe that's why they're called fundamentalists. :D
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