Science vs. Religion: (Chapter Two) [In Conclusion] (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Sunday, February 20, 2011, 06:50 (4820 days ago) @ xeno6696

First off; I haven't said this yet. This particular chapter is actually very well written. And if you hadn't pieced together my own thinking yet, the comparative mysticism you engage in by comparing Kabbalah, Hindu, and Buddhism is dangerously close to how I approach the world. -I know a decent amount of textbook material on Kabbalah, and from writings such as the Zohar, they meditate just as surely as Indian/Buddhist mystics did (and do.) -The worst thing that ever happened to Western civilization was its loss of mysticism for Dogma. We lost the ability to be able to cut deeply into mystery. -But the discussion you have at the end of this chapter puts an exclamation point here; two highly disparate traditions arrive at the same universal answer. -In the end, I don't really have anything to say about this chapter. Your direct quote of Adler however would have done me so much more service back when I joined this group... I might have been hard on you at first. Thank God you're patient! Still... the fact that one "needs" persuasion tends to tell me that the case isn't as strong as one thinks--in these matters persuasion shouldn't play a part.-You hit the nail on the head; you show Strings as another religion. (Pythagoreans used math too, and they were just as wrong...)-You probe quite a bit here in dealing with people scrambling to try and not tackle a creator, and I suspect this chapter was one you were very interested in me reading as I'm sure you've pegged me as someone who's "afraid of God" at all costs. -Before I continue the book, I will write out a few things that you're implicitly challenging me on and give some better answers. I'm sure when you read "Why is the question 'Why am I here?' valid?" you were thinking, "Then why is he here?"

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"