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  1. Manoah

    Science/Religion Dialectic

    Thank you so much for the thoughtful post. I appreciate your ideas as well as your tolerance. I have recently had the thought that all paths are narrow, that even if I believe more than one approach to God is possible, each way will only have a few that follow it effectively. Even those that...
  2. Manoah

    Science/Religion Dialectic

    I suspect all religions contain both truth and deception, but I doubt any religion has the whole of the One True Truth.
  3. Manoah

    Science/Religion Dialectic

    Although I do not follow your religion specifically, I find this assessment to be a very beautiful and useful picture of deception; however, this way of thinking all other beliefs are deceptive might be dangerous if one group enforces its perception of the One Truth, something surely even the...
  4. Manoah

    Science/Religion Dialectic

    I believe "taro" is the formally correct pronunciation as that is how Frank Zappa sings it in "Camaillo Brillo": She ruled the toads Of the short forest And every newt in idaho And every cricket who had chorused By the bush in buffalo She said she was A magic mama And she could throw...
  5. Manoah

    Science/Religion Dialectic

    Yes, I am fairly far off the beaten path in my spiritual approach although my conclusions can probably be reached by more reasonable means...
  6. Manoah

    Science/Religion Dialectic

    The title of the YouTube video linked below is slightly misleading as the conclusion reached states the human attributes necessary for spirituality and those necessary for science must work together, although some might be left-handed and some right-handed by analogy. The original title...
  7. Manoah

    God, Brahman, Allah, Jehovah

    As far as I understand it, Hinduism is an ancient example of monism ("one mystery") with many expressions. The Holy Spirit may have many faces. If we are in a debate forum here, I'm out. I just clicked on an interesting link and don't have any answers right now.
  8. Manoah

    Atheism and Faith

    My other ideas are that skepticism and faith are not mutually exclusive within individuals, humanity, or--obviously--Religious Forums. Yes, logically there my be no middle ground but few of us are 100% Vulcan, even Spock. I have at times of my life identified as atheist and even now identify...
  9. Manoah

    God, Brahman, Allah, Jehovah

    I am interested in this issue and came across this article on Polycentric Polytheism in my seeking: https://henadology.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/wp32-butler-pp3538-version-2.pdf
  10. Manoah

    Atheism and Faith

    I have several half-baked thoughts on which I would enjoy seeing discussion and development. 1. Doubt may be an indispensable part of faith within an individual. I wrote somewhere once that a least a part of me is atheist as I have moments when I want to believe only what I see (at times almost...
  11. Manoah

    Tarot Reading on Isis and Jesus

    I have documented recently on YouTube how I felt a divine frown from Isis and received explanation through the sign of a piece of pine straw. This kind of divine rebuke and reconciliation is familiar to me from fellowship with Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the all-father YWWH. I had a similar...
  12. Manoah

    Experiencing Odin

    Thank you for the encouraging reply and the beautiful analogy of the bug, David T!
  13. Manoah

    Experiencing Odin

    I am uncertain about where to make this post because although my experience involves Odin, it is eclectic rather than fitting into a neat category such as neopagan or heathen. I have had some guidance from a priestess who probably identifies as pagan. Probably this is the best section as I have...
  14. Manoah

    Key Principles?

    The brief set of notes by the math professor seemed to take a naturalistic approach to intuition rather than a neo-Platonic, Jungian, or transcendental approach. Yet I consider your question a part of the issue of knowledge, including how much culture is an objective collection of ideas or part...
  15. Manoah

    Thanks for rating my post "informative," leov!

    Thanks for rating my post "informative," leov!
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  16. Manoah

    Key Principles?

    Surely memory does play a role but the process seems more complex than in the first two styles. The math professor claims this style of knowing things is ineffable or not easily explained.
  17. Manoah

    Key Principles?

    One theoretical mathematics professor broke down knowledge into three styles: Euclidean, based on traditional logic and reasoning—which is always consistent, as in classical physics. Heuristics, or mental short cuts, also based on clear principles but not always applied consistently, for...
  18. Manoah

    Faith and Exclusion

    Samana Johann, Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and this article. It seems there are elements of life and faith which is exclusive, objective, absolute. If we do not eat and exercise, we will be physically unhealthy; if we live without wisdom, we will be spiritually unhealthy...
  19. Manoah

    Faith and Exclusion

    NOTE: This short essay was written to post on Facebook, where many of my friends are conservative Christians, so here I focus on Christian versions of exclusivity; obviously, the blessings and curses of exclusion are not limited to Christians. Although rigid exclusivity of faith has become so...
  20. Manoah

    What Did Jesus Actually Do?

    Dissent is very important. We should imitate them. I don't know why BF picked Jesus. I thought he was deist.
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