12-16-2010, 01:27 PM
Ali,
I sincerely hope you don't often become bored when we converse because I agree with you so often I rarely have anything to offer in the way of differing viewpoints! Haha.
About the gays in the military issue... tell me about it. For some reason it seems America is behind on a lot of issues that feel like no brainers to me... and I'd venture most of us here on the forum. Fortunately I think there are also a large number of people in the U.S. who are equally fed up and are instigating changes now. Same sex marriage is another one that I'm sure will be looked back on in the context of "What on Earth were they thinking, not allowing same sex people to marry??" In the same way we look at how interracial marriages were also illegal once. Also things like marijuana legalization, universal health care... I also suspect things like immigration shouldn't be such a huge issue as it is.. the list goes on and on. If I had it my way I'd burn down all the border guard stations and dissolve all nations borders, opting instead for a collective tribe of humans on a physically limited geographic area... the circumference of the Earth.
I've been thinking more and more about something you wrote in your wanderer's story. About how at a certain point you just stopped questioning your metaphysical backstory and just went with it. I think I'm prepared to do the same thing now. I feel that I'm a wanderer also- from fourth density. I've often felt compelled towards love and compassion over reason. Wisdom is not something I'm here to express- I don't know much about it. So if you put me in charge I'll dissolve the world's governments.... who knows if that's a wise thing to do? Maybe not- but that's honestly how I feel inside.
On Dawkins, yes. It's pretty clear to me that his chosen mission in this day and age is to enlighten humans to the fact that what we've made of religion makes little sense when you get down to logic and rationality. And that it can actually be detrimental sometimes. Unfortunately he was so determined to fulfill this mission that he's taken it to 200% and debunks everything in sight, and this almost certain includes his own experience. Thus there are many things that he supports that I can't get behind either... But I think the ends justify the means in this case. If a handful of people can become liberated of dogma and experience greater joys in life, it's well worth having a crotchety angry man swirling around Youtube. Haha!
L&L, Eric
I sincerely hope you don't often become bored when we converse because I agree with you so often I rarely have anything to offer in the way of differing viewpoints! Haha.
About the gays in the military issue... tell me about it. For some reason it seems America is behind on a lot of issues that feel like no brainers to me... and I'd venture most of us here on the forum. Fortunately I think there are also a large number of people in the U.S. who are equally fed up and are instigating changes now. Same sex marriage is another one that I'm sure will be looked back on in the context of "What on Earth were they thinking, not allowing same sex people to marry??" In the same way we look at how interracial marriages were also illegal once. Also things like marijuana legalization, universal health care... I also suspect things like immigration shouldn't be such a huge issue as it is.. the list goes on and on. If I had it my way I'd burn down all the border guard stations and dissolve all nations borders, opting instead for a collective tribe of humans on a physically limited geographic area... the circumference of the Earth.
I've been thinking more and more about something you wrote in your wanderer's story. About how at a certain point you just stopped questioning your metaphysical backstory and just went with it. I think I'm prepared to do the same thing now. I feel that I'm a wanderer also- from fourth density. I've often felt compelled towards love and compassion over reason. Wisdom is not something I'm here to express- I don't know much about it. So if you put me in charge I'll dissolve the world's governments.... who knows if that's a wise thing to do? Maybe not- but that's honestly how I feel inside.
On Dawkins, yes. It's pretty clear to me that his chosen mission in this day and age is to enlighten humans to the fact that what we've made of religion makes little sense when you get down to logic and rationality. And that it can actually be detrimental sometimes. Unfortunately he was so determined to fulfill this mission that he's taken it to 200% and debunks everything in sight, and this almost certain includes his own experience. Thus there are many things that he supports that I can't get behind either... But I think the ends justify the means in this case. If a handful of people can become liberated of dogma and experience greater joys in life, it's well worth having a crotchety angry man swirling around Youtube. Haha!
L&L, Eric