Thoughts of a contemporary Athiest...

[caleb]

Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric: That may be true, but let me ask this..... Does the ID name Cerek the Barbaric promote an image of Christianity, especially when accompanied with a Sig with the name written in dripping blood?? K.T., he isn't gone for good.

Well you could always say it was demons blood

[250]

Thomas Moore, the modern religious physcotherapist said, all modern physcological problems can be found in religious origins. at the very heart of the phenomenan (Note: he did not say "problem") is that people are losing believes

certainly our friend here described a partial truth of the universe. the corruptive side, yet without the corruption, the dead would be dead, and remains so. the body of organs cannot return to the nature. perhaps corruption is part of universe. this is by no means a justification of evil.

when I say "nature" I dont intent it to mean awesome, beautiful, inspiring and purity. there is also swam, damp, dark and decay. so is ourt society and moreso ourselves. sometimes corruption serves as a warning against the soul, it is telling you that "this" must happen in order to be like "that". we cannot justfly defy the existence of corruption, because our experience is limited, unless we open up to something. something greater, and is not described by logic.

old chinese religious stories tell a young iniate going to his monk master, in search of understanding of Buddhism. The old and wise master scolded him and shut the door against him abruptly. The young iniate's toe is struck in the process, and he felt inmmense pain. yet, at the moment, he suddenly understood. he just SUDDENLY comprehanded. I read this story when I was 8, and till this I do not fully comprehand the "logic" in it, for there is none. yet this is one of the most inspiring stories ever told. the broadening view of the soul does not require logic.

[ 06-28-2002, 01:17 AM: Message edited by: 250 ]

[K T Ong]

To 250: I'm sorry, but... what are you trying to say? Please, I'm not mocking you, just trying to follow you... In particular, do you reckon you could explain a bit more on 'corruption'?

To Cerek the BARBARIC [img]smile.gif[/img] : Well, then, you shouldn't have used 'Barbaric' in your ID name, should you?... Or perhaps you initially gave yourself this ID name without much thought and now you're having some regrets?...

To WOLFGIR: Perhaps when I'm sufficiently loaded, then I'll consider coming over.

BTW, we have our own monster-slaying barbarians in Chinese mythology and literature as well, every bit as macho as Beowulf. We East Asians aren't wimps!

This thread has drifted a little from its original line of thought, hasn't it?...

[ 06-28-2002, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: K T Ong ]