hey Stu, how's it going? Actually that's not the direction I was intending to go- I'm no proponent of blind belief. The flight analogy was more aimed at the intrinsic connection between risk and reward as it applies to freedom of the natural will. In order for man to have true capacity for greatness, he must have the capacity to fail and fall as well. It wasn't really a point regarding faith as much as a counterpoint to the notion that a painless world would be preferable to this one. Let me also add that I am no advocate of irrationality. If anything I would encourage anyone and everyone to think more about their decisions rather than less, to dig deeper, to strive more rather than less. If the last ten years are any indication, I will still be thirsty for knowledge 60 years from now when I'm 88 years old. I wish we could step into each other's minds and trade mental frameworks, even if only for a few minutes, to see what each other's view of the world is like. I want to really and truly understand what you think and how you see reality, for the benefit of my own curiosity and understanding. If you have the same desire, you can start by accepting and noting the fact that my mental framework holds rationality and logic in just as high esteem as yours, and I have as much disdain for irrationality as anyone here if not more. This isn't a retort, just a suggestion.
i dont know, but it sure makes us feel a lot better if we can make rational sense of it. If we are to speak to it at all we must use [Earthly] concepts and language to do so otherwise nothing could be said; other than unconditional belief you could say nothing more. You would have to be quiet about the whole matter. The moment you open your mouth to say one thing about it you open the door to allow for other possible earthly attributes and logical conundrums and the like. Either speak and think about it, or just believe quietly in blind faith. You cant have it both ways.
nice post, longshot. i knew there was a mind behind those posts somewhere !! lanquage is very limiting when describing the "unspeakable". best, surfer