http://druidjournal.net/2010/04/19/six-arguments-against-religion-vi-the-illusion-of-truth/ Spiritual Guidance by Word, Card, and Star Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:51:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://druidjournal.net/2010/04/19/six-arguments-against-religion-vi-the-illusion-of-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-199928 Jeff Lilly Fri, 14 May 2010 01:25:17 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/?p=1411#comment-199928 Kate -- true enough! For those folks... well, I have nothing to say. They have their own truths, for now at least. :-) Kate — true enough! For those folks… well, I have nothing to say. They have their own truths, for now at least.

]]> http://druidjournal.net/2010/04/19/six-arguments-against-religion-vi-the-illusion-of-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-199369 Kate Gladstone Fri, 07 May 2010 16:01:49 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/?p=1411#comment-199369 Of course, there are quite a few people who act (in the domains of language or art) *exactly* like the people in your "Foreigner" and "Artist" analogies ... your analogies wouldn't clarify the situation for them. (I know because I tried out those analogies on a few such people. They regarded the actions of the people in the analogies as entirely normal and sensible behavior: e.g., I have known people to disinherit or estrange their teen/adult children because the children had learned somewhere how to speak English differently from the way the parents spoke it.) Of course, there are quite a few people who act (in the domains of language or art) *exactly* like the people in your “Foreigner” and “Artist” analogies … your analogies wouldn’t clarify the situation for them. (I know because I tried out those analogies on a few such people. They regarded the actions of the people in the analogies as entirely normal and sensible behavior: e.g., I have known people to disinherit or estrange their teen/adult children because the children had learned somewhere how to speak English differently from the way the parents spoke it.)

]]> http://druidjournal.net/2010/04/19/six-arguments-against-religion-vi-the-illusion-of-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-198936 Jeff Lilly Mon, 03 May 2010 22:22:10 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/?p=1411#comment-198936 Erik, thanks for all your thoughts on this! You've obviously given this a great deal of thought and attention, and it's great to get your insight -- which goes far beyond mine here. You've got me thinking a lot about the extent to which I've hit different levels in my own studies of religion. I guess I'd count myself as a Third Level American Zen (which is definitely different from classical Japanese Zen -- I'm probably only First Level on that), and probably Third Level Baptist Christian (from years of exposure to my father's family), and between Second and Third Level Revivalist Druid. :-) /|\ Erik, thanks for all your thoughts on this! You’ve obviously given this a great deal of thought and attention, and it’s great to get your insight — which goes far beyond mine here. You’ve got me thinking a lot about the extent to which I’ve hit different levels in my own studies of religion. I guess I’d count myself as a Third Level American Zen (which is definitely different from classical Japanese Zen — I’m probably only First Level on that), and probably Third Level Baptist Christian (from years of exposure to my father’s family), and between Second and Third Level Revivalist Druid. /|\

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