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09-22-2015 #141
Re: The Concept Of Being "God Fearing"
OK - that's a fuller explanation than what I gave but what the heck. I'm not the one to let brutal facts stand in the way of anyone's beliefs
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09-22-2015 #142
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Re: The Concept Of Being "God Fearing"
So there is a person who truly believes that he or she sees God when the rising sun illuminates a cornfield. In this case, the science is impeccable: the sun is shining, the cornfield is there, in all its glory; and the believer is convinced the light is from God, that it may even BE God, a hypothesis that science does not, and cannot refute. And there is not even a need to be afraid, but there may be an inclination to rejoice. Was it not Turner who once said I paint what I see, not what is there -?
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09-22-2015 #143
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Re: The Concept Of Being "God Fearing"
...and knowing her belief had only intangible consequences, she remained secure in the knowledge that no tangible thing could ever threaten the strength of her faith.
1 out of 1 members liked this post."...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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09-22-2015 #144
Re: The Concept Of Being "God Fearing"
Perception is reality.
Pretty certain that, even if we just get one ride...it's a gift.
The trick, not easy, is realising, and recognising that - in our day to day.
Finding grace in ordinary things.
Somebody way smarter than me posited that happiness is as simple as:
Somewhere to live.
Something to do.
Someone to love.
I can get with that.
Great thread, and some fabulous posts.
when i see you sky as a kite
as high as i might, i can't get that high
the how you move
the way you burst the clouds
it makes me want to try
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09-24-2015 #145
Re: The Concept Of Being "God Fearing"
Perception is isn't always reality
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09-25-2015 #146
Re: The Concept Of Being "God Fearing"
Being atheist merely means that I am unaffected by personal religious beliefs of my own. It's not any kind of religious belief, by even the wildest stretch of the imagination. "A"something doesn't mean "against". It just means "not". I have no problem with theism, gnosticism, humanism... or any other kind of "ism", jism, or whatever. I find it all very interesting and entertaining, as long as nobody tries to force me to follow its tenets.
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09-26-2015 #147
Re: The Concept Of Being "God Fearing"
Well, "Amen" to that
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09-30-2015 #148
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Re: The Concept Of Being "God Fearing"
There are no Atheists in foxholes. I remember me and my pal joking years ago about the crappy anesthesia they used back then, in the recovery room guys coming out of it would be spilling their guts. Anesthesia takes you down to one notch above DEATH, and it sounds to me like your conscious takes center stage when you're about to face the final curtain. The choices you made. A few years ago I had a scare and spent a long night in the hospital, when I got home I deleted an entire exterior hard drive.
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09-30-2015 #149
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Re: The Concept Of Being "God Fearing"
Of course there are. You shouldn't believe every motto that's been printed on a dorm room poster. There have been a number of well-known atheists who have remained atheists to the final end. Of course you might call them know it-all-know nothings. Still,
a brush with death might scare the bejeezus out of you (or into you), but the imminence of death is not evidence of God.
Besides, God fucking well knows what was on that hard drive and you're still going to have to answer for it when you get to those golden arches...er...I mean St. Peter's gate.
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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