(February 2, 2020 at 9:08 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote:(February 2, 2020 at 9:03 am)EgoDeath Wrote: Ah, interesting. I'll take a look into "Heinlein." I've always felt like: when you have enough definitions of god to cover all bases, it seems you're attempting to do just that - cover all bases, lest it be discovered that you actually do not know what the hell you're talking about. I find it especially entertaining when the New Age types (not sure if that's worth capitalizing) speak of "god" in vague terms like "energy" or "essence" or "vibrations"... or say shit like "god is everywhere" or "god is everything" or "living in the godhead" or "being one with god."
Funny stuff, quite honestly. Especially considering that a lot of the New Age stuff is just watered down Christianity with some Eastern Mysticism sprinkled in for good measure, just to cover all the bases, once again. Cloud a concept in ambiguity and you never have to really defend any hard claims or ideas, and any of your opponents who are challenging you or trying to debate you are "missing the point" or "being too literal" or "not being literal enough" or "need to have a more open mind," or some combination of these nonsensical ideas.
I always wonder when these people talk about "Energy" or "Vibrations" how much energy (how many watts?) and what is vibrating (and how fast?)
These are the sort I refer to generically as 'the crystal people' (about, not made of). I didn't half piss one of them off on another forum. S/he was yammering on and on about the powers of selenite, amethyst, peridot and the like. I mention that I had - literally - thousands and thousands of crystals in my home and I hadn't noticed anything out of the ordinary. This person asked how I had room for so many crystals, and I said I keep them all in a salt cellar.
I think an internet speed record what broken when I was put on ignore.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson