Re: MD Sit on my faith.

From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 00:13:01 GMT

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    On 7 Dec 2003 7:04 AM Mark writes"
     
    Hi Mark, Jim, David M and forum,
     
    Thank you for your appreciation of some Christian enquiries. Towards the end
    of his life St Thomas Aquinas asserted that what he had written was as straw.
     I disagree that Christian static patterning prostitutes art more than other
    art products. Any art as a static pattern is as much a prostitution as my 230
    pound body.

    Mark 8-12-03: Hi Joe, I feel it may not be too far removed from an aesthetic
    appreciation of reality to suggest that Christianity is a creation of the
    intellect. As such it has value, and i acknowledge that. It has high social value.

    Jow:
    IMO 'radical renounces' are suicides. I admit I am having trouble with the
    morality of suicide bombers. In MoQ they are probably more moral than killing
    someone from 30,000 feet. I realize 'more moral' is a stupid judgement!

    Mark 8-12-03: I have no intention of committing suicide Joe! But those who
    hold faith apparently do?
     
    IMO Faith is compared to Reason in the assertion of 'existence'. The
    ordinary trust in words necessary for social communication is common to Buddhists and
    Christians. The writings of Buddha are accepted as Scripture as much as the
    Bible or the Upanishads.

    Mark 8-12-03: No. The writings of the Buddha are not scripture. The Vedic
    tradition is based upon the Upanishads and were, 'Heard' as a natural existent
    and are ascribable to no living entity.

    Joe:
    When you compare Buddhists to Christians, I accept that 'existence' is the
    same between Faith and Reason. 'Existence' in itself is as incomplete as DQ. I
    would not like to say Sq is a prostitution. Nor would I like to say
    'existence' is nothing.
     
    Joe

    Joe, you and i do not share a tradition of arguing with each other? So this
    is a first! This last comment of yours is confusing me, could you expand it
    please?
    All the best,
    Mark

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