dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Yes, my belief in God means that everyone is made of the same 'stuff'. All of creation is one interconnected family. ( Well, that's how I feel, at least. )
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dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
In simplest terms, God is Brahman ( The Hindu concept of the ultimate source of creation ). All of creation is God; but, God is not limited to creation.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Not just all of creation, but everything that is not creation as well.
God
Jesus
The Bible - This and above - truth in its original form (Hebrew/Greek)
Science - Factual most of the time
Cheese science - some of the time
Cheese
- what it smells like
Feel free to ask me anything about my religious beliefs.
This thread was inspired by @Subduction Zone ,
Do you believe in God or gods? If so do you believe that he/they are;
1. Angry
2. Kind
3. Indifferent
Do you have empathy for people in the future who will be born after you are no longer around? Why worry about them when they have done nothing for you?
Why do you believe in diversity? Why not uniform thinking instead?
If I had an ancient scripture which advised "Let your beans be beans and your breads be breads" would you find value in it? What is the best interpretation of the advice in such a scripture:
- A person should either eat beans or eat bread and once they have eaten a bean they should never eat bread thereafter
- Never mix bean dough with bread dough
- Don't eat beans and bread at the same meal
- Don't call beans bread and don't call bread beans
- People who eat beans must not marry people who eat bread
- Never speak of both bread and beans in the same conversation
- It means all things must be divided into either bean or bread related categories
- Something else (what?)
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
I am going to answer literally and briefly. Please ask for more info if needed
"Do I believe in God or gods?" Yes.
"If so are they: Angry, Kind, Indifferent?" Yes.
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
@Brickjectivity
A brilliant set of questions, honestly. I could riff on those questions for days.
Please forgive me for breaking up the questions, and potentially answering them out of order.
If I am too brief, I invite you, please ask follow-up questions? Or call me out for apparent contradictions? I am at your service. And
I trust you.
You are welcome to be, funny, blunt, insidious, sharp, in any and all of your replies to me now and in the future. I mean that sincerely.
Here is the simplest answer, and then I will provide quotes and links that I find to be descriptive of where my head is at on "diversity" and why I believe in it.
Why diversity? It encourages resiliency and flexibility.
Why not uniformity? Monsanto... know what I mean?
"Organisms face a succession of environmental challenges as they grow, and show adaptive plasticity as traits develop in response to the imposed conditions. This gives them resilience to varying environments."
Adaptation - Wikipedia
"Process philosophy — also ontology of becoming, processism, or philosophy of organism — identifies metaphysical reality with change. In opposition to the classical model of change as illusory (as argued by Parmenides) or accidental (as argued by Aristotle), process philosophy regards change as the cornerstone of reality—the cornerstone of being thought of as becoming."
Process philosophy - Wikipedia
Note the keywords: Adaptive, Organic. Then look at how I describe my beliefs below:
I will continue to answer your questions in another reply.
A brilliant set of questions, honestly. I could riff on those questions for days.
Please forgive me for breaking up the questions, and potentially answering them out of order.
If I am too brief, I invite you, please ask follow-up questions? Or call me out for apparent contradictions? I am at your service. And
I trust you.
You are welcome to be, funny, blunt, insidious, sharp, in any and all of your replies to me now and in the future. I mean that sincerely.
Here is the simplest answer, and then I will provide quotes and links that I find to be descriptive of where my head is at on "diversity" and why I believe in it.
Why diversity? It encourages resiliency and flexibility.
Why not uniformity? Monsanto... know what I mean?
"Organisms face a succession of environmental challenges as they grow, and show adaptive plasticity as traits develop in response to the imposed conditions. This gives them resilience to varying environments."
Adaptation - Wikipedia
"Process philosophy — also ontology of becoming, processism, or philosophy of organism — identifies metaphysical reality with change. In opposition to the classical model of change as illusory (as argued by Parmenides) or accidental (as argued by Aristotle), process philosophy regards change as the cornerstone of reality—the cornerstone of being thought of as becoming."
Process philosophy - Wikipedia
Note the keywords: Adaptive, Organic. Then look at how I describe my beliefs below:
I will continue to answer your questions in another reply.
Feel free to ask me anything about my religious beliefs.
This thread was inspired by @Subduction Zone ,
Are there any ways in which your religious beliefs have changed over time? Any conversion/deconversion/reconversion etc? Or have you always had the same basic paradigm?
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
"Do I have empathy for people in the future?" yes.
"Why worry about them when they have done nothing for you?" Are you serious? I feel like the answer is obvious. But if you want details, please ask?
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Great question!
OMG!
"Are there any ways in which your religious beliefs have changed over time? "
Yes.
I just typed so many words, multiple paragraphs and deleted it ALL.
HAH! too many words.
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I Just did it again... I started typing and it turned into an essay, and I deleted everything.
OK...
simple answer:
No... no conversion, re-conversion, nothing like that.
Same basic paradigm? That is the part is what has rendered all the verbosity. No. not the same basic paradigm, but also no conversions.
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Hmmmmm
I am thinking.
It sounds really simple and obvious, and yet, that makes me feel like there is more to it.
Because of this: You asked: "Would I find value in it?" Yes, because it is mysterious.
"What is the best interpretation of the advice in such a scripture?"
well... the first gut response I have is, "I don't know" lack of data.
I am still trying to figure out the ramifications of the scriptural message "Let your beans be beans and your breads be breads".
This is my flaw. My brain...
... is my biggest flaw ( and asset ).But in this case, I am stuck. I can't get past the first question and move forward to answer the next.
Maybe that in itself is enough of an answer?
My questions to you resulting from the question asked and your answer, are these.
Firstly did you find the scripture inspiring enough to give it due thought?
If it sparked an interest, would you ask as to what was the source of that advice?
If you were given the source, would you enquire as to the validity of that source?
Regards Tony
I do not know. I thought you believed in God, but just not that the Bible was literal.
But it is terminal? If it is terminal it is optimistic? Illogical. Norman coordinate.
That avatar picture of his sort of does resemble a younger Michael Keaton.
PoetPhilosopher
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Dang. He is Batman.
OK. So you do believe in the biblical God. Somebody else mentioned we both shared that belief. I was not posting too seriously and was more focused on your views about cheese.