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Aug 16th, 2003, 12:50 AM
Yikes
To be fair Ror, I think he is basing that on a very simplified version of what I have been saying. Though the comparison you made is pretty similar to mine. Again, just substituting one referrence for another.
It just goes past most people when I say that God / Universal Conciousness / The Great Spirit / Allah / I could go on....is just a cultural and linguistical difference. I end up having to let them argue the point with me saying the same thing 20 different ways until it makes sense. That would be some of my own irony.....I keep saying that the words cover the meaning, but I end up having to say the same thing 20 different ways until the meaning clicks for people.
I don't want people to accept my view.....the singularity concept....just accept that if we were all pointing at that special something and all yelling out our word(s) for it, would it really change what that something was? Or would we just keep arguing about who gets to name it?
I think the "and God said let there be light and there was" describes the same thing as the big bang theory.
Personally I see nothing wrong with religion as long as people hold onto the meaning. Ror, you and Italian are good people (at least from what I can tell) that too me is holding onto the meaning that all religions encompass. I respect your faith...even though I am sure that Italian doesn't see it that way and would often like to reach through the computer and throtle me. But the honest truth is that I think that if more people listened to the words, but kept the meaning in their heart then the world would be a better place.
Like I said, it was the Christian faith that was the missing piece for me. I used to be so adamantly against it that I would hear none of it. But when I stopped being a pagan twit I learned a lot. And the puzzle really started to take shape for me. I know it probably means very little, but though I don't accept the wording, I do accept the meaning. Simply because I believe that the meaning of God or which ever name you want to give it (not a derogatory term) is what is important.
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