Why is a \"designer\" so compelling? (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by dhw, Tuesday, August 04, 2009, 11:52 (5371 days ago) @ xeno6696

I'm afraid I'm going to leave you and Nietzsche to battle it out together. Although you are clearly one of his Ãœbermenschen, I am a mere Mensch (though I hope in more than one sense of the word). - Thank you for correcting me on matters pertaining to Buddhism (I will try to forget the last of the Ariya-Sacca) . It seems rather to have changed direction since my youth, but then so have many other things, including our Labour Party (now Conservative), national security (= protect the government), public servant (= screw the public), Right Honourable (= Downright Dishonourable)....hm, better not go down that line. - You wrote: I'm a "between the lines" reader, I'm usually more interested in the framework that went into what someone said than necessarily what they say.
We are all "between the lines" readers, though few people realize it. And the less clear the text, the more we read into it. You say it's "the frameworks and the perspectives they cause that create confusion". Sometimes. And sometimes it's our imposition of our own frameworks and perspectives that create confusion. - As for consensus on "prime causes" or "ultimate questions", no, I don't think we shall ever reach one. If we did, it would probably signify that the fundamentalists had taken over, perish the thought. - Finally, and most importantly, let me join David in wishing you the very best of luck with your GRE on Wednesday. I hope this website has been a relaxing diversion rather than a dangerous distraction!