07-22-2016, 11:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-22-2016, 11:36 PM by Eric the Green.)
(07-22-2016, 02:25 PM)radind Wrote:(07-22-2016, 11:56 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:You also come across as dogmatic. I agree the warning applies to me as part of the 'all'.(07-22-2016, 09:12 AM)radind Wrote: A warning for all of us.
Quote:://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/ideology[url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2918.Robert_Anton_Wilson][/url]
“Whenever people are certain they understand our peculiar situation here on this planet, it is because they have accepted a religious Faith or a secular Ideology (Ideologies are the modern form of Faiths) and just stopped thinking.”
― Robert Anton Wilson
Ah, I knew him well. Had him as a guest speaker at my Fair production several times. Paid him too!
Yes indeed, he's right. The burden is on you there, radind. To accept your interpretation of the Bible, which has been handed down to you for almost 2000 years, needs some more thinkin' There is no basis for this worldview, other than belief that the Bible is the word of God. Belief is not "thinking." It is accepting an ideology.
In my case, of course, there's no problem; I don't accept either the secularist ideology OR the traditional religious one. If anything, I "think" way too much.
I am stubborn in advocating for what I know as the truth, to the best of my ability to know it. But I do not hold dogmas. I observe, experience and think for myself. You on the other hand apparently accept many traditional dogmas without question. We arrive at a standoff, and you just say, "our worldviews differ," and that's that. You can't accept my questions. So, it's good if you do heed the warning. If you do begin to sincerely question your worldview, in your own way and your own time, when you feel the need to do it, that would be a sign you are heeding the warning.
Adventures can be risky. It is an adventure to question your received heritage. That is an activity that was fun and even cool for me to do as a young boomer prophet in the 2T. It's less fashionable now, at a time when people are often afraid to challenge the "God Bless America" mentality, and the skeptical "secular" scientism mentality too. If you find it too risky to question your received heritage, I understand. In the long run though, I think it's beneficial for both individuals and our country. Way too many Americans are hooked on long-outdated dogmas and ideologies. It's the #1 national problem, in my opinion. That's why I am perhaps too passionate (and thus seem to you -- falsely-- as "dogmatic"-- ) in challenging them
