I have a friend of long standing, from another forum. He suggested I try this forum out. Thanks Mike CL ... nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Freethinking theist ... is this a contradiction? I don't think so. I don't have any problem with non-theists or anti-theists ... to each their own. I don't have a problem with other theists either. My eternal struggle is with my own emotional and mental blockages. Interacting with others has helped me remove some of these.
Welcome, Baruch. I think you will like it here--and good to see you on this forum!
Welcome. free thinking versus intellectualism. My brother, a high priest in the Mormon church, read Kahlil Gibran and introduced me to Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and the "Lord of the Rings," but was the most dedicated Mormon I ever knew. And I worked with Mormon scientists and engineers that were pretty bright with the Air Force. I'd be more inclined to define it as the latter rather than the former.
YO.
Mike CL - Thanks.
stromboli - Like your bi-line.
PickelledEggs - Like your second bi-line too.
Hey there.
We've had a couple, not many but a couple, of people who are theist who make for interesting conversation, usually first impressions are meet from the get go. We've also had some bizarre thinking atheists to, so it all comes down to the person and what they want to talk about.
Anyway, welcome, its good to have another side of things so it doesn't become an echo chamber in here.
Welcome to the forum. I hope you'll like it here.
Quote from: Baruch on June 10, 2015, 10:27:52 PM
I have a friend of long standing, from another forum. He suggested I try this forum out. Thanks Mike CL ... nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Freethinking theist ... is this a contradiction? I don't think so. I don't have any problem with non-theists or anti-theists ... to each their own. I don't have a problem with other theists either. My eternal struggle is with my own emotional and mental blockages. Interacting with others has helped me remove some of these.
Considering that everyone makes up their own religion from available material, or decline to do so, I don't see a contradiction.
Welcome.
Hey, any friend of Mike's is a friend of mine! Welcome!
Welcome Baruch....
Welcome, I assume you know the secret handshake?
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Aitm ... well my eye doesn't scan quite like yours, being a cybernetically modified alien species that I am. But now that I clicked on your spoiler, your status as "private eye" is no longer quite so private ;-)
Welcome aboard Baruch! My best friend is a Christian freethinker. He really likes science, do you? It seems like you like philosophy from your name.
Quote from: Baruch on June 12, 2015, 12:01:24 AM
Aitm ... well my eye doesn't scan quite like yours, being a cybernetically modified alien species that I am.
AHHHHHHHHH I warned you all that the fucking aliens were coming and now there here! AAAAHHHHHH!
Solitary ... congratulations on having a friend ;-) I hope you have more than just one! Not all Abrahamics are closed minded ... I am one myself.
Background ... my early employment was in engineering ... so I had to be schooled in math and science, though these weren't my favorite subjects. Then I moved on to computer work, again applied ... data processing not fancy algorithms. So I like ... logic, math, science, technology and medicine ... so I provide support for computer operations in a medical setting these days.
Jack of all trades, master of none. But really, all that left brain stuff left me out of balance, leaning to one side ... I would have preferred to do more cultural pursuits, but I wanted to eat ;-) I am trying to rebalance now. Eventually my starboard and port may be on a more even keel. But age has done much damage to my bow and stern ;-) Though logic, math, science etc are applied philosophy (sorry Dr Hawking) ... the deeper end of the humanities ... have an attraction.
Aitm ... my ex was a Gorn. Took forever for her to warm up in the morning ;-) The next summer movie should be "Holocene Park" where the reptiles keep the mammals safely in a nearly natural setting ;-)
Quote from: Baruch on June 12, 2015, 07:36:54 PM... my ex was a Gorn.
I love Star Trek. I even started a thread on here, about Star Trek philosophy. It didn't get much interest. :borg:
There wasn't much interest in Star Trek philosophy? What the hell is wrong with you people! ;-) A bunch of Star Wars fans?
My brain is a bit like overcooked soup ... lots of bits of stuff floating around, that surface and then disappear again.
Quote from: Baruch on June 13, 2015, 09:22:04 AMThere wasn't much interest in Star Trek philosophy? What the hell is wrong with you people! ;-) A bunch of Star Wars fans?
Star Wars > Star Trek (http://www.stardestroyer.net/toc.html), you rebel scum.
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ã,´ã,¸ãƒ©ã•ã¾ - are the skeptics skeptical of being skeptical ;-) A cartoon version of the head of that organization met an untimely end during the wormhole episode of the TV version of Dilbert.