Posted by Declan on April 7, 2006, at 15:36:16 [reposted on April 8, 2006, at 1:09:20 | original URL]
In reply to No. » TylerJ, posted by pseudoname on April 7, 2006, at 14:15:08
Uuhm, I think God is the word we give to kind of deal with things that happen to our conciousness under the influence of experience. The acquisition of polarity and dualism (cold/hot, good/bad)drives us nuts? (First tea of the day here and it's not working yet.) What type of religion says that this is hell, right here and now? (Those people the Copts have some connection with?) Then of course there's the contrary idea: The kingdom of heaven is spread before you and you don't see it. I like that too. Which is a bit like saying 'this is as good as it gets', which I'm afraid I think is true. I'd go to church if there was a liturgy left worth listening to. This question of 'do you believe it's true' is very much of our time and place. A lot of peoples of the world would think it a bit odd to ask the question. To them it's more a community event than a hypothesis. But in this part of the world such community events are a bit lifeless.
Declan
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