[MD] John's Reading of Absolute Idealism Confirmed by Bob

[Joseph Maurer]

On 7/22/09 12:38 PM, "Louise Pryor" <bypryordesign at gmail.com> wrote:

[Lu]
I seem to be getting into a lot of conversations lately with this sort of
problem - people are so married to their own ideas about, or understanding
of, "God"  (whether they are for or against), that those ideas sort of
become "the god". If you question one of their ideas, you are a threat to
the whole structure that they have built! That goes for people who would say
that God is Quality, or Quality is God, or even Quality stands alone, having
nothing to do with god.
 
[Lu]
It's as foolish to blindly hold on to all your sacred, religious ideas and
theologies, as it to reject them out-of-hand. A Quality idea will stand up
to scrutiny, I don't need to defend it (can't, even). What I want, what I
have been trying to do in my life, is to peel apart the layers - to figure
out which ideas are dross and which are gold.
 
[Lu]
The Davinci Code made me think. What if Jesus fathered a child? How would
that alter my faith? How willing am I to even allow the question to be
asked? A faith built on a foundation of Quality, might shake a bit, but it
won't crumble.
 

Hi Lu,

Welcome!

[Joe]
When you state:  ³A faith built on a foundation of Quality, might shake a
bit, but it won't crumble.²  I am in total agreement.
 
Joe

> I seem to be getting into a lot of conversations lately with this sort of
> problem - people are so married to their own ideas about, or understanding
> of, "God"  (whether they are for or against), that those ideas sort of
> become "the god". If you question one of their ideas, you are a threat to
> the whole structure that they have built! That goes for people who would say
> that God is Quality, or Quality is God, or even Quality stands alone, having
> nothing to do with god.
> 
> It's as foolish to blindly hold on to all your sacred, religious ideas and
> theologies, as it to reject them out-of-hand. A Quality idea will stand up
> to scrutiny, I don't need to defend it (can't, even). What I want, what I
> have been trying to do in my life, is to peel apart the layers - to figure
> out which ideas are dross and which are gold.
> 
> The Davinci Code made me think. What if Jesus fathered a child? How would
> that alter my faith? How willing am I to even allow the question to be
> asked? A faith built on a foundation of Quality, might shake a bit, but it
> won't crumble.