~heresy said~
" THE PREACHER WHO RECEIVES TITHES (NOT VALIDATED BY SCRIPTURE)? "
I am so glad to hear someone other than myself say that. WOW. i knew you had a clue.
@ lowest point HELL YEAH. (the reason i love the movie fight club so much)
it's funny how your religious quest is leading you to law. you're almost completely through the "-osis" of your quest.
when i got "through" it made me have a strong affinity to politics, empire and conquest.
I think you, like i was, are on a quest to know and do those things that are most important in life 'now" skipping the futility of normalcy and iniquity. this is a trait of an intelligent person. one who is without fear and seeks the truth until it is clear. one who will fight for the truth even if it cost losing oneself emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
(not unlike the allegorical tree of knowledge by the fruit of which one will surely die.)
I do shit on purpose to irk you because i KNOW it will push you to study harder and question more. there is no progress without competition. over the last couple years that i've been fuccing with you I've seen you humble up. your ego exists but its not as arrogant and unrelenting. you question every bound of an argument before presenting it. you dont assault people unless they assault you first. I find this a sign of maturity.
even with me you dont readily question my logic before you question my motives.
my question to you; are you afraid to lose the belief in god as a deity, and the belief that mankind is special and more important than many things in the universe? this is what i find hardest for spiritual intellectuals to do.
I know from the depths of your study that you are finding (by logic) many of the concepts you hold dear as fragile and probably by the day falling apart. now that your mind is filled with so much information once you start sifting through it and connecting the pieces I'm almost certain our positions will become similar. think after all this time debating we now can speak civily. you see like i see that we were never enemy's; just reaching for an understanding between the two of us.
@ me and open rebellion.
you may be quite right but im in open rebellion against any crutch that is used to keep brilliant people from reaching their full potential. deism and theism is a stigma against people. hence the jews christians and muslims in perpetual conflict. and why palestine and israel killing each other over land. see how the futility of deism and theism keep mankind that is even the same blood and race at odds with each other.
if you never give up the one on one external relationship with a god and know that any concept other than the absolute is the only truth the stigma will remain.
once again my opinion. but it's worth pondering