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Author Topic:   What does God mean to you? Do not respond to any message except message #1
Ben!
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Message 18 of 42 (256332)
11-02-2005 6:21 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Mr. Ex Nihilo
10-30-2005 1:15 AM


Tolerance
God is Unknown to me.
God could be another inside construct which we project outside,
constructs like apples, noises, time, and brightness.
Or God could be another inaccessible reality,
hidden beneath ambiguity; the reverse problem.
Whether God is real or not, the value of human reason is unclear.
Trusting our reason via reason is circular.
And trusting reason through emotion is no different
than trusting non-reason and emotion through emotion.
That ties your hands. Can't do nothin' but ignore it.
The only principle that seems useful to me,
is that those who want to be reasonable should not lie to themselves.
God is fine.
God because of reason doesn't make sense.
Mixing God with reason is silly.
In the same vein,
Atheism is fine.
Atheism because of reason doesn't make sense.
Mixing atheism with reason is silly.
Both tolerance and intolerance have useful and useless points.
With or without God, people can choose to be tolerant or not.
I prefer tolerant people.
God?
God is Unknown to me.

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