Eloquent Abandon
I figured I might as well make a post making people aware of my blog. I basically write pieces on philosophy, life, thought, art, or anything thought provoking. It's definitely an exploration, and I usually never come to a definite conclusion. Hopefully somebody can get...
I am posting this in the seeker forum since I'm a drifter (I'm not seeking anything per se -- I'm just existing as I am) and this seems appropriate to spirituality and seeking understanding and all that.
I'm caught in that limbo of being completely free from the clutches of rampant technology...
@Skwim: Argumentum ad ignorantiam implies that what I'm asserting is true. It is true that I am arguing for it, but this whole process is to find out if it is true through discursive argumentation.
@Skeptisch: I have reasoned myself into this, which is exactly why I'm willing to be unreasoned...
@Penguin: I see your point. The article is sort of ambiguous, and I wasn't sure what type of driver he was. I didn't think he was a public bus driver that had a specified route each day. I thought he was like a shuttle bus that specifically picked people up and dropped them off where ever it was...
@Penguin: Someone who is being deployed overseas to fight in a war is well-aware of what they're getting into. Your analogy would be accurate if the soldier refused to go overseas in the first place, rather than just ditching everybody once he got over there.
The driver is aware of his driving...
Why would I defend my assertions against arguments that don't exist? You can come in here and say that I haven't "proved" anything yet, but that means absolutely nothing. Someone with ill intentions or someone obstinate and unwilling to shift their opinion could simply say I haven't proven...
The whole original post addresses this. It deals with people just brushing religion aside as fanciful fairy tales.
That's irrelevant to the fact that you haven't provided any evidence to back up your claims.
This thread isn't about proving or disproving God. You haven't challenged my...
As regards to religions being absolute, that is where they do indeed fall short, and that is why they have become essentially what they are today. Unfortunate. (Not all, of course.) As regards what I'm saying, I think I'm falling into deep subjectivism, which is what I would have liked to avoid...
I didn't pick Christianity and Buddhism to compare. Those two were brought up, my friend. Perhaps this is wishful relativism, but debate is a discursive method for fleshing out what is true or false. Still, I'm not convinced that it is erroneous. I realize relativism is well... relativism, but...
Yes, I understand where you come from Child of Atom. Perhaps God is the personification of Oneness, or of Reality. Perhaps a Christian cannot become one with God, but as you have stated, he can grow closer to God. Perhaps the apex of this relationship -- when a Christian comes to know God to the...
You failed to read my post -- your refutations are general and are simply restatements of the exact things I was addressing. Repeating the statements that I addressed is rather dogmatic. You're claiming lack of evidence on behalf of religion, but I fail to see any sound arguments in your post...
These surface differences again go back to the analogy of the many facets of the gem. On the surface they represent many different sides, interpretations, etc., but this surface makes up the least volume of the gem. Underneath these surfaces is the STRUCTURE of the gem. The main body of the gem...
This is mainly directed at the people who align themselves with science. I don't profess to have a certain side, but I'll explain more at the end.
Why is it that atheists so vehemently reject all God and religion? As I see it, religion, science, and philosophy are all facets of the same gem...
My subconscious that is composed of reason and rational thought reproaches me for it. I don't consciously do it. Consciously I now try to follow the mystic and spiritual way. Your quote is wonderful, and it does help. Thank you.
It seems like I'm losing all motivation to do anything, for the most part because of my spirituality. Even my creative side has no inspiration to play music or to write or anything. All I seem interested in doing is searching for truth, meditating, gaining knowledge, and exercising the spiritual...