(urth) Religious writers and audiences

[John Watkins]

Where would I be if I shared the perspective but acted as though I
understood that there were those who didn't and that those people remain
rational?

I guess I'd have ironclad faith and yet be an accepted and polite member of
civil society.  Doesn't sound too bad.

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:24 AM, <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:

> And if this perspective was true, where then would you be?
>
> .
>
>
> > I think that's right.  brunians has repeatedly referred to his direct
> > experiences of what others would call the supernatural.  It may be that,
> > from his perspective (or feigned perspective), it makes as much sense to
> > deny the existence of God as to deny the existence of the sun.
> >
> > Even if I shared this perspective, I'd like to think I'd understand that
> > most other people didn't and behave accordingly.
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:05 AM, David Stockhoff
> > <dstockhoff at verizon.net>wrote:
> >
> >> Pedro
> >>
> >> Brunians is not being evasive. Rather, as far as I can tell, he
> >> considers
> >> the existence of the natural world (as he defines it) and the entire
> >> universe to be an argument for his beliefs; in short, his observations
> >> are
> >> beliefs and his beliefs are observations. There is no light between them
> >> and
> >> therefore no need to construct an argument for them.
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 3
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 16:41:17 +0300
> >> From: Pedro Pereira <domus_artemis at hotmail.com>
> >>
> >> To: <urth at lists.urth.net>
> >> Subject: Re: (urth) Religious writers and audiences
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> What!??!?!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm not reading a book and demanding that the author makes it "easier"
> >> for
> >> me; I'm asking for a straight answer from someone that accuses me (and
> >> others) of beying insane in an internet forum. But thanks for nothing.
> >> I'm
> >> not going to waste more time with this.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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