[MD] Metaphysics

[John Carl]

Cheers back at ya, Mark,

I think it makes sense to compare them, in seeking higher truth, but it
doesn't make any sense to judge them by each other, which is what I think
you mean.

But this comparison of worldview, in the context of Quality, as opposed to
the context of any individual religion, is the reason for the reason,



John

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:17 PM, markhsmit <markhsmit at aol.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
> Thank you for the correction.  I do not claim to be a religious scholar
> nor do I know much about the Christian faith since I have never
> been to church and do not have many acquaintances who profess
> that religion.  My point was that belief systems are not relative.
> They stand on their own.  It makes no sense to compare them.
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> On Jan 11, 2010, at 9:08:40 AM, "John Carl" <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:
> From:   "John Carl" <ridgecoyote at gmail.com>
> Subject:    Re: [MD] Metaphysics
> Date:   January 11, 2010 9:08:40 AM PST
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Greetings Mark,
>
> I'm all in a rush, I just want to correct a slight misperception about the
> Bible being "the word of God".
>
> Taken on its own terms, the way a good fundamentalist would, the Bible is
> NOT God's words. It's very explicitly the witness of men who thought that
> God was communicating with them. Most books start something very much like,
> "I was plowing my fields, and the word of God came to me saying, "Son of
> Man, go forth and tell this guy over there that he's full of crap."
>
> And you get interesting stories like with Moses or Jonah where they look up
> (figuratively) and go, "What? Me? NO!"
>
> John
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