tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6611082243407131419..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Discrimination with DeferenceGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1457258714682046062016-06-22T00:41:32.932-07:002016-06-22T00:41:32.932-07:00:):)Allenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998933457283434204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90827229298212676092016-06-21T20:57:19.466-07:002016-06-21T20:57:19.466-07:00Mushroom, to your point "long term" real...Mushroom, to your point "long term" really does make a difference. I was just reading at McCain's about <a href="http://theothermccain.com/2016/06/21/god-and-man-at-skepticon-atheist-richardccarrier-gets-banned/" rel="nofollow">a guy who exemplifies my point</a>. He is his own god, and wants himself to be happy, so why not be "polyamorous" and, like, live the dream? Sounds like it worked for him just fine, until it didn't...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69693283692831287402016-06-21T20:43:37.478-07:002016-06-21T20:43:37.478-07:00Yes. His name is Captain Snickerdoodle and he love...<a href="http://www.straferight.com/photopost/data/500/seal-of-approval.jpg" rel="nofollow">Yes.</a> His name is Captain Snickerdoodle and he loves crab cakes and oysters, if you want to get on his good side.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53197821211193680912016-06-21T20:36:01.041-07:002016-06-21T20:36:01.041-07:00Hi Julie, God has a Seal that approves things? :)Hi Julie, God has a Seal that approves things? :)Allena-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08929671005197550931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29462949881424066842016-06-21T15:32:35.557-07:002016-06-21T15:32:35.557-07:00Too many worthy nuggets to pick one to amplify tod...Too many worthy nuggets to pick one to amplify today.<br /><br />With regard to Julie's second point, I have seen this "God wants us to be happy" thing play out in churches where people claimed to be hearing from the Holy Spirit. The key to the truth of the statement is "long term". <br /><br />False prophecy, so to speak, works fine in the short term but quickly wilts and decays like a cut flower. mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53744990758411761482016-06-21T12:41:53.473-07:002016-06-21T12:41:53.473-07:00I was a materialist, a determinist, an atheist for...I was a materialist, a determinist, an atheist for many years. I pursued my studies, becoming more and more convinced, until I ran smack dab into the dead ends, the Quantum Enigma and Goedl. I came to the realization that the order spiritual is vastly greater than the order temporal through logic and rational inquiry. I doesn't matter how we get here, just that we do.Roy Lofquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536815900678298041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12860229496329632042016-06-21T10:20:10.883-07:002016-06-21T10:20:10.883-07:00However, there is more to it than this, because so...<i>However, there is more to it than this, because sometimes God uses affective and spiritual desolation for his own ends</i><br /><br />Yes, just so. As another example, anyone who can look upon the current state our country and of the West - that is, all that once was <i>Christendom</i> - in general without a feeling of spiritual desolation is most certainly heading toward the wrong attractor.<br /><br />Along those lines, though, the statement earlier in the post that "if a particular spiritual idea, decision, or direction leads in the long term to an increase in faith, hope, and love, it very probably is inspired by the Holy Spirit" gives me pause. Not because it is wrong, exactly, but seems like people can experience just such feelings when they base their faith on their own desires. It is all too easy to give oneself license for all sorts of mischief by declaring, "God wants me to be happy. This makes me happy, therefore, God wants it for me." And thus, having "God's" seal of approval, they may indeed feel more faithful, hopeful and loving. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com