(November 24, 2015 at 12:31 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: On a more serious note, I'm quite sure that gods do exist - in cultures spread out almost everywhere. But they aren't literal thingies 'out there'. They are the creations of the human mind .. just as are the characters we take ourselves to be. We didn't put our selves together deliberately and we didn't do it on a whim. But our minds did it just as our organisms knew how to put our bodies together in the womb. Now my mind has withdrawn the god-creation .. at least from the notice of its me-creation. As far as I know, it doesn't seem to exist any more. But what do I know? My mind is a big and ancient place, a mansion with many rooms.
Very interesting perspective.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
