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ok! I got you now, I can just hold one thread in my head at a time!

You completely lost me! That's a missue of the term. To formulate questions is indeed something something most of us here enjoy. There is a verying degree in when we feel we can say something with a measure of confidence. You feel confident in the things you say to a greater degree than the...

Shipwrecked, we drift among the wreckage. We find a sure thing to hold on, something worth holding on to. So we lash ourselves to this. The anchor and the rope did nothing on themselves, but together faith and belief will keep you straight. I don't think there can be an absence of one or...

He wrote as the rock he was standing on moved att 30km/s. It's all about perspective, man. The laws are the western paradigm, and the absence of the laws make up the eastern? I dislike it when norms are established in dependent upon another, but as en experiment, sure! Would we like to loosen...

You're moving a little fast for me here. Do you have some context for those laws?

I think I follow, but I really don't think this can exist in a human mind. It's interesting to juggle these concepts mentally, it can give us a good idea about where one thing ends and another begins. But I don't think it can be a reachable goal. But then you know how suspicious I am of...

Faith without belief? Sounds paradoxical. Like theology without language.

Welcome Crell! I can't give you any relevant insights. I would like to point out that it isn't likely that you will read anything here you haven't already thought of. But I like that you at least try! When you're ready, just make a decision and do the best you can. There are no sure things. I...

Please no, not here, not like this, nothing good will come out of this engagement. Just call him on his bs and move on. someone ill informed can defend their position indefinitely.

As the resident non-believer, no it doesn't. You do say some really silly things sometimes!

Ha! Amateur! :P

When I looked up this myself a while back I was disappointed by just how hypothetical it all seemed. Very natural of course since language wasn't as formalized and the selection of texts are limited. I'm definitely suspicious of the sort of reasoning Bhaktajan uses to explain the origin of...

So... Wil is your wife here? Thanks for sharing! ❤️

I agree that the issues should be discussed, but those without their own experiences can only sympathizes, never empathizes. Not from what I have seen. They can learn not to talk about things in a certain way, but they will just have to accept these facts. A lot of people aren't so good with...

I very much agree, superficial understanding of certain concepts or phrases taken out of context don't do any justice to the immense complexity that the great religions contain. I'm not proficient in any Tradition and only have a basic understanding of a few, but that I hold as true.

I know a little about you and your wife's common journey, and it doesn't seem like she came from the Catholic path! Without getting to personal, I'm curious as to where she sort of landed, or if religion is very important to her? I don't mind if you don't with to speak to that!

So there is a lot to take in here, I will need some time with it. But I disagree with your method on splitting theological logics into two distinct categories. I would definitely argue that any number of different logical systems are made to understand or justify theological statements. One of...

Coming from my own experiences, I lack your optimism that something can be done when we abandon our smiles. But then I'm very cynical by nature. The sheer bewilderment of the people around us who, even though they will always want our best, can't comprehend or deal with something so beyond their...

I doubt anyone here can help you with your situation. But you're asking for help on an interfaith board, do you feel that faith can see you through this?

Really, not even at-cost meals?