Iacchus said:
scribble said:
Piscivore said:
scribble said:
) Now that I do I love it.Well, since nobody bothered to follow the link, maybe this will make it more plausible? ...Piscivore said:
What do grubs know, except perhaps intuitively, what it's like to be a butterfly?
Could it be this is a reflection of our own condition, where we too are earthbound and in need of a grubstake, as we look around with ravenous appetites and devour everything in sight?
It all seems kind of narrow-minded dosen't it? But then what does a grub know? Not much beyond being a grub I suppose ... but, there will come a time.
Indeed, we go to the ends of he universe to discover the truth, with a slew of fancy instruments and calculations and God knows what else? (and only He can) but, when you get right down to it, what do we really know beyond what a grub knows, as we grub around in the dark?
But, there will come a time in the life of the grub when he says enough is enough, I've had it, leave me alone, I would like to lay down for awhile.
You see I've stripped the Tree of Knowledge bare, and now that I'm full (of myself?), what's the point? Where's the silken thread (wisdom) to this big walking sack of knowledge? I need some time to reflect.
Ah, what's that you say? Something is coming out my rear end? What? I have everything back to front? Could it be? Yes, there it is! ... The thread ... and, what does the thread say? 1 + 1 = 2. Wow! Even a little child can understand that! ... and therein lies the answer.
Perhaps what we need is to take some time out from our worldliness and reflect on why 1 + 1 = 2? For if in fact you can see this for yourself, without someone else to say it was so, then why isn't it possible to acknowledge the existence of God? Once again, if you were to ask little children about this, most would probably reply, "Yes."
And from the one mind we have fallen, to accept the two, and hence the knowledge of opposites. 1 + 1 = 2.
That sounds like a Homer Simpson question. "If pork chops are high in saterated fat, then why did scientists create the pig?" Maybe the hypothetical tree was hypothetically created to provide shade or to provide wood for furniture.plindboe said:
I have no idea. You might as well ask why there's so much hydrogen in the universe. Hydrogen bombs are dangerous. Wouldn't the world be a safer place if hydrogen were a very rare element?plindboe said:
Why do foods that are high in sugar and fat taste good? Maybe the moral is that we should learn to judge things by their true essence rather than by mere appearances. Jesus said, "Clean the inside of the cup." Here the cup is a metaphor for the person. The inside is a metaphor for the real you.plindboe said:
It sounds like a trap. Why put real cheese in a mousetrap?plindboe said:
If you had adolescent children and you found out that they were trying to learn how to manufacture counterfeit money, then wouldn't you be concerned?plindboe said:
The idea said:
You don't. It's sufficient to seek truth, to work for the implementation of justice, and to be generous.Ipecac said:
A woman who knows very little about biochemistry can produce milk for her baby, but a rocket scientist who knows nothing about science cannot produce a functioning rocket. You excrete sweat. You don't create it the way that a perfume manufacturer creates perfume.Ipecac said:
Okay, but wouldn't you want it to be able to sit still long enough to attend a few classes and learn something so that it wouldn't rush off and destroy itself?Ipecac said:
That sounds rather childish. "I didn't ask to be born. Why should I have to go to school and learn how to read and write? I can just get a job as a baseball player."Ipecac said:
That was my thought.
plindboe said:Hi Radrook, thanks for your long reply. Hope it's all right if I'm a little direct in mine.
So in your opinion Gen 3:22 is false? (3:22 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever)
Iacchus said:
I'm thinking. The situation is now X. To deal with it, Y must be done.scribble said:
I don't detect an emotion of fear. I detect a simple, rational decision-making process. Are those who buy various kinds of insurance or install various kinds of safety devices in factories guilty of being fearful?scribble said:
Your point is what? The Bible also refers to Satan and it doesn't seem that Satan has the powers of the boy next door. Maybe we can conceive of a distinction between the concept of a total number of gods equal to one versus an unknown number of gods one of whom deserves our full respect?scribble said:
Iacchus said: