God & the Fairy Tree

I agree with bluegenes that this is off-topic here.But if you have any ideas how the thousands of different, independent committees all over the world just happen to be enforcing the exact same orthodoxy among all the scientists, I would be interested in seeing you start a new thread.Edited by Chiroptera, : changed hundreds to thousands

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Q: If science doesn't know where this comes from, then couldn't it be God's doing?A: The only difference between that kind of thinking and the stereotype of the savage who thinks the Great White Hunter is a God because he doesn't know how the hunter's cigarette lighter works is that the savage has an excuse for his ignorance. -- jhuger

Sorry about that bluegenes. I got sidetracked.Back to the topic.We all have fairy tales we make up that give our lives meaning. We all derive meaning from something greater than ourselves - it is what gives us hope and courage to face what lies ahead. Whether that is a God or the Cosmos we look in awe and reverence and find our meaning there. It brings us joy and happiness and gives us a purpose. This awe and reverence is something to be embraced. Absolute truth is always something that is always out of our grasp -whenever we think we have found it we find ourselves chasing it around like a dog after his tail.Edited by Grizz, : No reason given.

I've never thought I've found it, or had any hopes of doing so, except perhaps under the influence of excessive quantities of alcohol.

When we think we have found absolute truth we usually get oursevles in trouble. Followers of Jim Jones found it and sipped the nectar of objective truth but ended up mixing it with cyanide laced kool-aid. Heavens Gaters too found it and ended up lying like stiffs in pairs of black Nikes while waiting for the Mothership to arrive. Hitler thought he found it and the result was a eugenics program to sustain a master race by purging the genetically inferior.Beware of those who claim to hold obective truth - it comes in various packages and forms and can often be disguised as rational. This disease is not limited to the religious. As history shows this claim of finding objective truth amidst our falible condition is usually dangerous to one's health.There are various degrees of truth acceptance among the religious. The most dangerous are those who claim it is impossible for them to be wrong. Most of the sane don't go that far though and at least have one foot inside the confines of reality.There is a term for those who claim they cannot be wrong - deluded fanatics. Among the rational the most dangerous are those who hold as absolute truth the idea that they retain genetic superiority and the value of an individual is found in his or her ability to reason and accept facts.As far as my views on reality I remain largely agnostic on most issues people find of prime importance. People often construe my somewhat radical positions on current topics as advocating a particular stance when I am not. I try to simply be as objective as I can when addressing the issues at hand.If someone were to ask me if I beleve in a 'creator-god' I would answer I simply don't know. Nor is it of major importance to me. I am here and alive. I have no control over what objective truth is. If someone asks me if I believe in a personal deity involved with the affairs of men I would answer in the negative. My speculation on the issue ends there.Edited by Grizz, : No reason given.Edited by Grizz, : No reason given.

I don't know how to tell you this, but plenty of people are still lonely. I think you'll find it's a definite overstatement to suggest that Mother Theresa "eradicated" loneliness, or anything else.

If anyone wants to explore an aspect of this topic further, they should go to the Proposed New Topics forum.Adminnemooseus

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