Only for you, Johnny......
I opened your Notre dame hyperlink.
And I thank you for the opportunity to partially erase a DUMB shadow from a foolish path of ignorance.
Plantigna may not be...
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Only for you, Johnny......
I opened your Notre dame hyperlink.
And I thank you for the opportunity to partially erase a DUMB shadow from a foolish path of ignorance.
Plantigna may not be...
The short answer......
I never heard of Plantigna prior to your above post.
The longer answer......
I did not open your hyperlink and pursue your suggestion because of Plantigna's Notre Dame...
Yes......
I'll be back when I've finished frying fish elsewhere. :icon_wink:
UNLESS GOD IS IMPERFECT......!
The PERFECTION of the Christian God is a theory created by MERE MEN who once proudly walked about their FLAT EARTH, and observed their SUN circling their tiny...
"Is this an argument?"......
You tell me, MR. LOGIC!
The "soul" of my very simple syllogism only pretends to court reason if one PRESUMES AS TRUE what you so pompously proffered a priori.
But...
Sorry Johnny......
I worded that poorly.
When I stated "I'll buy your opinion"......
I meant to imply that I would defer to any conclusion you arrived at after you had considered the example I...
I'll buy your opinion......
The next time someone taps your shoulder and states, "Excuse me, I was hoping that you might be able to help me."
And you reply...... "You got it stranger, name...
When Columbus first sailed west......
Was any day or any moment while he searched for land...... "IRRELEVANT"?
Do YOU actually believe that YOU have grown along some vain vine of wisdom to a...
"The Bible itself is not authoritative based on itself, but on the fact that it comes from God."
The alleged Fact proffered above lacks any semblance of Proof.
Ergo...... The Bible is not...
I BELIEVE......
In a ONENESS that every creature is capable of experiencing......
Beyond the frailty of subjective satisfaction and factitious faith.
Just for the record......
My use of the word "Rome" in my prior post referred to secular Rome from Constantine forward...... Not to the Church of Rome/Catholicism.
And "organinized"...
Regarding the TRUCK......
That you have now mentioned several times.
It is difficult, if not impossible, IMNHO to study the purported teachings of Christ without concluding that the underlying...
Allow me to hone your scalpel just a tad......
Both YOU and qng001 are Buddhists......
Just as every other dawg on this board is a Buddhist.
Cheers and good night.
Nothing yet......?
No problem......!
I'll be here whenever your ready. :sleeping3:
What an interesting choice of words......
Would you care to explain "your meaning"?
A "practicing Buddist"...... As opposed to what other kind of Buddist?
Your comment has aroused my...
Bully for you......
You caught me!
In post #668 I typed "continment" instead of contentment.
I assume that was the only "point" you NEEDED to make to achieve some degree of personal...
IMNHO......
Your question is CONFINED by the self-imposed limitations of your preferred assumptions...... But I'll attempt a reply.
To continue my consideration of the four noble truths.........
May I suggest......
That despite any mental gymnastics performed by the little grey cells of any man......
Even a sincere certainty of purposelessness......
Creates its own personal purpose.
...
I am always more than willing......
To discuss ANYTHING with ANYONE who has more than a DUMB comment in return for my efforts.
Unless you happen to have anything of interest to add on this...
Try reading it again......
Tiny planet "meaningless" when COMPARED to eternity.
More importantly......
A "GIFT" by definition is ANYTHING given freely with nary a concern for ANY OBLIGATION on...
While assuming in advance of the following......
That I may be ABSOLUTELY WRONG regarding my conclusions, I have inferred the following from the multiple missives you have posted on this thread.
...
Have you ever wondered......
How it is possible for two relatively intelligent and sincere individuals to candidly exchange numerous keyboard thoughts...... And then (somehow) utterly fail to...
DRAT......
What happened to the thread......
About the lady politician from Oklahoma who was more concerned about homosexuals than terrorists?
IMNHO......
The free speech exhibited on that...
I LOATHE IT EQUALLY......
When ANY MAN (no matter his organized religion or lack of religion) either callously or "righteously" inflicts REAL HARM ON OTHERS, "while pretending not to have sinned or...
I'll trust EVERYTHING you have written above......
The moment YOU SWEAR TO ME......
That you have spent more moments of your brief life on our tiny planet......
Searching for GOD......
Rather...