Doug Pensinger wrote: > > I think you misunderstood my position. I never said the > questions go > > away or that they are deflected. Just that I like the > notion of having > > Her answer the questions which remained unanswered during > my lifetime. > > :) > > OK, but why?
Why what? Why do I like the notion of having my questions answered by Her? The same reason I like my questions answered now - it satisfies my curiousity, at least until the next question strikes me. > > And if She needs answers to Her questions, that is Her problem, not > > mine. :) > > But it would be one of my questions. 8^) *g* Then that is *your* problem, and Hers, it still isn't mine. :) > > I tend to be careful with my words and try to refrain from saying > > things I don't mean. I really don't care if others find it > > hypocritical or not, I only know what *I* felt like. :) > > While I admire the sentiment and I could understand it as a > good reason to > stop using the expression(s), Tried that too - too much hassle. > I find it doesn't impress me as a good > reason to start believing in a diety. A] Never claimed it was one of the reasons I started believing, just one of the reasons I went back to believing. B] Since you started this thread of with a rebuttal of Dan's statement that you don't have faith, I guess you are either an atheist or an agnostic. In which case, you are not likely to find *any* reason a good reason for believing in a divinity. :) C] The above is fine because I am talking of *my* beliefs, not yours, and therefore, your validation is not required, neither for the beliefs, nor for my reasons for entertaining them. :) > > Ah, but I don't have that faith in inevitable progress > either. I the > > chances of us messing up the situation seriously are the > same, if not > > slightly better, than the chances of continuous improvement. So, I > > will not claim a faith in humanity but only in certain humans and > > certain ideas. :) > > Here we differ. I see progress and I see wonderful > potential. I'd go > into greater detail but Brin has expressed my sentiment better than I > could hope to in his essay The New Meme. > http://hsv.com/editorials/davidbrin/dbrin2.htm I see progress and wonderful potential too, Doug, but that is not the same as having faith that it is the only direction we are travelling in/we would travel in. And Brin hasn't expressed any such faith, or reason for it, in that essay either. Hope and optimism, yes. Faith in the inevitability of the golden age, no. So you will have to go into greater detail if we are to discuss it any further. :) Ritu _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
