Sum

By valiswaverider

Thu, 07 Jul 2011
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Bertrand Russell stated in his book "why I am not a christian" , that if you can not see, sense or measure an effect then it does not exist.

Kurt Godel's Imcompleteness theorem however proves that some facts are unknowable by their very nature.

Not all postulates can be proven or disrpoven.
Thus does ordinance fail?
What of consideration and deep deliberation, is zero the sum total when all seems futile or should one be more fertile in realms of the mind?

Should we make a game of it?
Forgetting we are players.

When I'm caught out in the rain I sheltered under a tree, yet my mind still wanders.

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Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Much to think about here, valis... (Two tiny typos; one in the third line should be 'theorem' and in the penultimate line, should be 'shelter'. Quite some question you pose:- "Should we make a game of it? Forgetting we are players?" Enjoyed. Tina;-)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
As I have said, in reply to your questions on my 'The Limitations of Science to study the past, I think we have to come back to our need of revelation from one who knows, and our study of that, as our imaginings fail to give us enough knowledge, and there is light in the Bible. Regards, Rhiannon

 

Submitted by valiswaverider on
I think it,s about time I summed up my point of view on religion, I,am highly interested in all faiths and systems of belief and disbelief. Joseph Campbell is my farorite author and I highly recommend his most major work to anyone, hero with a thousand faces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces I also really like this quote I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation. I cannot do this in spite of the fact that mechanistic causality has, to a certain extent, been placed in doubt by modern science. [He was speaking of Quantum Mechanics and the breaking down of determinism.] My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself in the little that we, with our weak and transitory understanding, can comprehend of reality. Morality is of the highest importance -- but for us, not for God. (Albert Einstein,The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, Princeton University Press)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
"that reveals itself in … " - but also through really giving messages to prophets down the ages, and then through his Son, and in mercy as an answer to judgement. Many dismiss the Bible without really reading it carefully, prayerfully. I'm not being argumentative, just sharing!