In the beginning was the herd ... :fire: — 180 Proof
There must have been this overwhelmimg need in man, right from the "beginning" — Daniel C
The only expanation for this phenomenon which makes sense to me is a psychological one. — Daniel C
In the beginning man created "God". As far as ancient historians can go back into history they find indications of man being "religious" in some way or another. The only expanation for this phenomenon which makes sense to me is a psychological one. There must have been this overwhelmimg need in man, right from the "beginning" to find a Superior / Transcendental / Cosmic Being to enable him/her to bear the pain / suffering of being alive and to give meaning to their lives and also a sense of morality. Without finding such a Being the "inner chaos of human experience" would have destroyed everything with no survivors left to give continuity to the human race. Therefore, human beings created the concept of "God" which eventually led to many different conceptions of this concept which is today still in a process of evolution. — Daniel C
Sure, and until and unless He manifests himself in some unambiguous and clear way, the possibility is without significance, importance, or meaning, except possibly as a regulative or instructive idea.There is another possibility, of course, i.e. that God exists. It is at least worth a mention. — T Clark
The only expanation for this phenomenon which makes sense to me is a psychological one — Daniel C
The only expanation for this phenomenon which makes sense to me is a psychological one. — Daniel C
Sure, and until and unless He manifests himself in some unambiguous and clear way, the possibility is without significance, importance, or meaning, except possibly as a regulative or instructive idea. — tim wood
Through what agency? If, for example, I am undivided and whole, then who breaks me up into the people who further breaks me up into the 10,000 things? — Trinity Stooge
If a concept related to psychological needs is ubiquitous and fundamentally similar, then it has a high probability of objective truth. — CS Stewart
It's not that you are undivided, it's that everything is undivided. — T Clark
'Fitra' is an Arabic word that is usually translated as “original disposition,” “natural constitution,” or “innate nature.” — alcontali
According to Mahāyāna Buddhists, buddha nature is the inherent nature that exists in all beings. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, enlightenment is a process of uncovering this inherent nature … The Buddha nature identical with transcendental reality and is unity of the Buddha with everything that exists. — Wikipedia
It's not that you are undivided, it's that everything is undivided. — T Clark
Sorry, but I've just peeled a mandarin. And it is indeed divided. In fact almost every sensible object is divisible into parts, some of them, like mandarins, into sub-parts. So whatever the sentiment you're wanting to express here, it regrettably doesn't conform with the testimony of sense. — Wayfarer
It's not that you are undivided, it's that everything is undivided. — T Clark
Sorry, but I've just peeled a mandarin. And it is indeed divided. In fact almost every sensible object is divisible into parts, some of them, like mandarins, into sub-parts. So whatever the sentiment you're wanting to express here, it regrettably doesn't conform with the testimony of sense.
— Wayfarer
What a facetious trivialising of what was a very thoughtful point. Your personal incredulity does not constitute an argument. What lends you the arrogance to think that whatever makes sense to you is what sense itself is constituted of? — Isaac
Your personal incredulity does not constitute an argument — Isaac
I think God created man in his own image, gave man free will and after seeing how bad man can be became so ashamed, even afraid, and simply ran away, hopefully, to a better place, leaving vague inconclusive clues of what he'd hoped we could've and should've been. — TheMadFool
Sorry, but I've just peeled a mandarin. And it is indeed divided. In fact almost every sensible object is divisible into parts, some of them, like mandarins, into sub-parts. So whatever the sentiment you're wanting to express here, it regrettably doesn't conform with the testimony of sense. — Wayfarer
I always think of you as someone experienced in eastern philosophies. Certainly more experienced than I am. Maybe you have a different understanding of the ground of being, Tao, reality, existence, or being than I do. — T Clark
One thing that all these "different ways" have in common, is they are hard / tough ways to face what we have to face - indeed very hard / tough! — Daniel C
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