The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #104170   Message #2130050
Posted By: Amos
20-Aug-07 - 08:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mutual respect
Subject: RE: BS: Mutual respect
I am inclined to believe (a) that all godhood is speculation, among humans, except possibly in very rare cases of transcendent experiences. And that (b) such experiences will not be accessible to linguistic representation because we have precious little vocabulary to even begin thinking about the nature of things outside of space-time. And so far, every metaphor, symbol, icon, or imaginary construction I have seen or head intended to represent divinity has just fallen flat on its face. As my friend William Jefferson used to say, "It kind of depends on what the definition of "is" is."


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