@vulcanlogician that seems a reasonable position as well. cheers
@LadyForCamus to answer how can you differentiate between your own mind in action and a god acting upon you: Speaking of my inner self,
If a situation outside of myself happens, I look for a cause. I look for natural causes within reason, and if I can't find one, look for unnatural ones within reason. Both of those reasons are tainted by my biases and knowledge limits.
I typically operate with a heavy internal locus of control mentality. If it's a thought inside of myself, I look for a cause. I look for experiential, knowledge or external sources for that idea at it's root, if I can't find one I trust my intuition on it after evaluating it against my personal conscience. Then I usually switch focus fairly quickly to its effect rather than the cause. I acknowledge that this is also influenced by biases, familiarity bias, and habits.
@LadyForCamus to answer how can you differentiate between your own mind in action and a god acting upon you: Speaking of my inner self,
If a situation outside of myself happens, I look for a cause. I look for natural causes within reason, and if I can't find one, look for unnatural ones within reason. Both of those reasons are tainted by my biases and knowledge limits.
I typically operate with a heavy internal locus of control mentality. If it's a thought inside of myself, I look for a cause. I look for experiential, knowledge or external sources for that idea at it's root, if I can't find one I trust my intuition on it after evaluating it against my personal conscience. Then I usually switch focus fairly quickly to its effect rather than the cause. I acknowledge that this is also influenced by biases, familiarity bias, and habits.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari