mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
And you're sure about that?
Well, yes, in a limited sense based on the Dunning–Kruger effect.
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And you're sure about that?
Yeah I still don't get youIn the OP, you asked:
If "life's mysteries" are truly mysteries, they cannot be known. Nobody can have the truth of a mystery. If they do, it is no longer a mystery.
Yeah I still don't get you
I think D-K has to do with the ability to accomplish a task. Psychologists would be able to measure such a thing. I don't think it applies to opinions on controversial topics.Well, yes, in a limited sense based on the Dunning–Kruger effect.
I think D-K has to do with the ability to accomplish a task. Psychologists would be able to measure such a thing. I don't think it applies to opinions on controversial topics.
We won't agree on this but it isn't something we can resolve by debate.It is also a case of task accomplishment if you ask someone how the world works. The task is to explain something. The same with logic or any other subject. It doesn't have to be a simple task.
Still not followingWhat don't you get? Do you have a different understanding of what a mystery is? Do you disagree that mysteries, by matter of definition, are things that are not known?
I'm going to guess so, because knowing the truth of mysteries doesn't make sense otherwise. Mystery is the enemy of truth, because it is that which is not known. So you mean something else by mystery. What is that thing?
Still not following
I think you're just looking at the literal meaning of mysteryOkay, this kind of response isn't helpful. What, specifically, are you not following? I can't re-frame things in a way to better communicate if you can't communicate with me what the problem is.
I think you're just looking at the literal meaning of mystery
Was the explanation like the one in the spoiler?Two clever people each explained to me that truth can have facets like a diamond. They were both female, so of course I didn't understand at the time. Now I do. Truth is like a higher dimensional shape, and we can only see projections of it.
Not really. Whatever I say you're not gonna buy it because you're gone by the definitionThat's why I asked you what you meant by mystery. Do you want to explain that now so there is proper communication going on?
It was nothing so well planned out. In both cases I commented politely to friends that only one religion could be true. One person disagreed, and I don't remember what they said precisely. Later on a different friend tried to use a diamond as an example. They probably wanted to say something like that.Was the explanation like the one in the spoiler?
Multicolored
A teacher once went for a morning walk with seven students, while the dew was still over the land. After some time the sun broke through. The dew drops sparkled that was a sweet delight.
The teacher halted at a large drop of dew. He gathered the disciples around the drop so that the sun kept shining on it, then asked:
"What color is the drop?"
"Red," said the first.
"Orange," the second.
"Yellow," the third.
"Blue," the fourth.
"Green," the fifth.
"Purple," the sixth.
And the seventh said "violet".
They were amazed at the differences. Because they were sure they saw it right, they almost got into a fight.
Then the teacher made them switch places several times and they kept seeing a different color. And very slowly it dawned on the students that despite the differences in their perceptions, they had all spoken the truth.
And the teacher said, "How you see the truth depends on your place in life. Just as you have just found a part of the light and took it for the full truth. Let your fellow pilgrims walk their own path of life in complete freedom, take their own place and perceive their own part of the light. You need each other's truths, for all together they form the real light, the full truth.
Until you have become one of the greats and can perceive the seven colors in one, you will be able to learn something with every 'discovery', with every 'rebirth', and with major changes in your life you will take a different view and the truth. see it in a different way.
Therefore, don't just be tolerant - because that's just tolerating a different opinion - but even be glad that there are other opinions.
As long as yourself cannot yet see the full light, you need fellow human beings to get to know the full truth.
(Hindu story)
I found the story on a website of a Christian Baptist Church. I like the story.It was nothing so well planned out. In both cases I commented politely to friends that only one religion could be true. One person disagreed, and I don't remember what they said precisely. Later on a different friend tried to use a diamond as an example. They probably wanted to say something like that.
Unfortunately you missed the chance of a 'proper communication' five posts ago.That's why I asked you what you meant by mystery. Do you want to explain that now so there is proper communication going on?
They can be revealed though, by the keeper of mysteries.Sorry, I don't follow. How can one know the truth of a mystery? Mysteries, by definition, are unknown, hidden, or secret.
At least if we're happy where we're at I guess that's all that matters but it's just funny to think about. Dang.....
It's kind of a drag to think about how some of us have it all wrong regarding the truth of life's mysteries.
I've seen cats do it but never heard them say "wow"
Hmm, they have bad pronunciation. It tends to come out sounding something like "meow".
Not really. Whatever I say you're not gonna buy it because you're gone by the definition