(urth) Religious writers and audiences

[brunians at brunians.org]

I've got a pretty good billet.

.


> 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
>> >> Message-ID: <COL105-W362F28CE7274F1620D236285D40 at phx.gbl>
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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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