Why is there something rather than nothing? (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Monday, April 04, 2011, 23:58 (4778 days ago) @ David Turell

Everyone always wants you to "think outside the box" but in the end its those ppl who are the most conservative in regards to the fact that it requires radicalized and highly controversial means to get there. I'm sorry you've been getting little of interest from me lately, but I didn't come here for you. We've formed a pattern at this site over the past years, and I'm trying various means to break it. Or if you want, we can go back to the old Monty Python bit:
> > 
> > "An argument isn't just being contrary!"
> > "Yes it is!"
> > "No it isn't!"
> 
> In no way do I wish to offend you. I'm just not built in teh same intellectual way as you are. I guess I'm very Western in my thought patterns Please continue your approach, and I'll continue to watch, but generally on the sidelines.-Ach! I didn't mean to come off as offended, as I was hoping my pithy use of Monty Python would smooth over the stronger first portion... Sorry about that!-The main thing I'm trying to do is encourage a radical uprooting for both you and dhw... It is very difficult to completely flip thinking like this, but it IS possible. If you remember, I once stated "It's entirely possible that everything we've ever thought about God is wrong except that he exists..." this is the kind of tact I'm attempting to trod here. We will eventually return to the neglected "Epistemological Framework" thread, but at least for now, I need to ride this wave until it hits land...

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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.\"