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  1. lovemuffin

    So just after I got back from my Dad's funeral....

    I think what was meant is that between the three of them they have one full set.
  2. lovemuffin

    Dark Night of the Soul

    This seems important to me, as well as what you said about the "dark night" as the final letting go of self-identification, at least in the tradition of John of the Cross. Thank you for this post. I'm going to ramble on a bit now, and Orbit and everyone will have to forgive me in advance if I'm...
  3. lovemuffin

    Nebraska woman sues all homosexuals

    I don't think he wants you to impregnate all of them wirey. Maybe you misinterpreted.
  4. lovemuffin

    "Religious Extremism"

    I feel like the strangeness may more or less be reduced to saying "language is funny". Which, it is. :P
  5. lovemuffin

    "Religious Extremism"

    While it's a reasonable extrapolation from the primary definition of "extreme", I've never really heard the phrase "religious extremist" to be intending to imply that the extremists are generally more religious, just more "religious" in a particularly way, i.e the one that's associated with...
  6. lovemuffin

    Love in the Desert

    The Sayings of the Desert Fathers is a collection of aphorisms from Christian ascetics who fled to the deserts of Egypt in the 4th century, and whose way of life became, more or less, the source of inspiration for Christian monasticism in general. When I first became Christian, I fell in love...
  7. lovemuffin

    Happy Birthday, Well Named !!!

    high five
  8. lovemuffin

    "Religious Extremism"

    I would view the polarity between "moderation" and "extremism" in terms of the politics of authoritarianism (or some such) as being a different question then the one about depth of commitment to a particular path, or the intensity of "religiosity", so to speak. At least insofar as being...
  9. lovemuffin

    For Atheist Mystics

    Speak for yourself, I'm hoping for a book deal.
  10. lovemuffin

    Happy Birthday, Well Named !!!

    We need to work on your technique
  11. lovemuffin

    Happy Birthday, Well Named !!!

  12. lovemuffin

    Abba Xanthius said 'A dog is better than I am, because he loves and does not judge'

    Abba Xanthius said 'A dog is better than I am, because he loves and does not judge'
  13. lovemuffin

    For Atheist Mystics

    The analogy to food, sleep, and sex is to activities which are absolutely universal, partly as a matter of physical necessity (leaving aside religiously motivated celibacy), and therefore universally appreciated. Although it's probably worth considering that different cultures certainly...
  14. lovemuffin

    Radio RF Discussion

    New episode starting in a minute or two! Time Keeps on Slippin': an iti and Dreadfish Retrospective. 05/04 by Radio RF | Religion Podcasts
  15. lovemuffin

    So just after I got back from my Dad's funeral....

    In Wirey's Great Adventure, it's all gross.
  16. lovemuffin

    'mystics' and there relgious experiences./?/ not buying it.

    Right. as far as trying to find rational evidence for particular metaphysical theses, it's problematic. In both directions, I would suggest, and for different reasons. Mysticism doesn't disprove a physicalist or naturalist metaphysics, and that is fairly well demonstrated by the variety and...
  17. lovemuffin

    'mystics' and there relgious experiences./?/ not buying it.

    Part of the point various people are trying to make is that the goal is not for it to be taken as "fact" in the same way that "It is raining outside" is a factual proposition. What mysticism challenges is the presupposition that reality may be reduced entirely to objectively determinable facts...
  18. lovemuffin

    For Atheist Mystics

    Hello all, I hadn't entirely been keeping up with this thread, but I just re-read through the last 4 or 5 pages and I wanted to comment on a couple things: About the value of philosophy and reflection on experience I think that Windwalker (echoed by beenherebeforeagain) has already given the...
  19. lovemuffin

    Happy Birthday, Smart Guy!

    Happy Birthday SG!
  20. lovemuffin

    "Religionless Christianity"

    I don't know what is required to be a "true" Christian, but I don't have any problem with John Spong being "Christian". I haven't read any of his books, although they've been suggested to me a few times. Regarding the interview, I think it's interesting that he and I seem to share a kind of...
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