RE: The Stage is Yours.
July 29, 2012 at 10:43 pm
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2012 at 10:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
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"All conclusions lead back to god." -and it's many variations.
This one annoys me, it annoys me not because it is evasive, not because it is repeated ad naus by those inclined to do so, but because it is empty. People who are otherwise capable of forming and communicating thoughts seem to trip all over themselves as soon as they've let this one slip. It means nothing, and yet it is passed back and forth like conversational currency.
When a person finds that their only response to a question is a platitude, it is time for that person to seriously consider whether or not they should be the one explaining whatever it is they're attempting to communicate in the first place. It seems to me Frodo, that what you mean to say -and what you should say- here, is that whenever you start to think about things like positivity, you personally conclude god, you can''t help but imagine that somehow god is involved, you lack the imagination to envision a world in which a god was not involved (and I don't mean that as an insult, I mean that exactly as it, you simply can't bring yourself to imagine it). That god, to you, seems like a good reason, or a logical reason to do or be this or that. This does not mean that "all conclusions lead to god" this simply means that whenever you get to thinking about god- you conclude god. Well no shit.......you believe in god.
"All conclusions lead back to god." -and it's many variations.
This one annoys me, it annoys me not because it is evasive, not because it is repeated ad naus by those inclined to do so, but because it is empty. People who are otherwise capable of forming and communicating thoughts seem to trip all over themselves as soon as they've let this one slip. It means nothing, and yet it is passed back and forth like conversational currency.
When a person finds that their only response to a question is a platitude, it is time for that person to seriously consider whether or not they should be the one explaining whatever it is they're attempting to communicate in the first place. It seems to me Frodo, that what you mean to say -and what you should say- here, is that whenever you start to think about things like positivity, you personally conclude god, you can''t help but imagine that somehow god is involved, you lack the imagination to envision a world in which a god was not involved (and I don't mean that as an insult, I mean that exactly as it, you simply can't bring yourself to imagine it). That god, to you, seems like a good reason, or a logical reason to do or be this or that. This does not mean that "all conclusions lead to god" this simply means that whenever you get to thinking about god- you conclude god. Well no shit.......you believe in god.
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