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If the divine made men... Urza Send a noteboard - 10/03/2012 06:27:42 AM
Then he crafted our nature and in embracing it, all of it, we exalt him.

If the divine did not make men then we have only our nature and ought find joy in embracing it. All of it.
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Atheism: The Iconoclasm of the West? Joel - 10/03/2012 05:42:56 AM 1297 Views
I think about as highly of athiesm as I do of christianity. *NM* Urza - 10/03/2012 05:54:20 AM 357 Views
I would chide you on that basis for having a love/hate relationship with God, but who does not? Joel - 10/03/2012 06:05:11 AM 526 Views
If the divine made men... Urza - 10/03/2012 06:27:42 AM 522 Views
True, but by the same token, in denying our nature we deny the divine. Joel - 10/03/2012 06:57:40 AM 536 Views
I was actually just saying in Skype this is the first post you've made in a long time I've enjoyed. Urza - 10/03/2012 07:02:56 AM 556 Views
Thanks? It is all Dans fault, really. Joel - 10/03/2012 07:21:19 AM 824 Views
But you do comparable things all the time! jh - 10/03/2012 08:35:31 AM 750 Views
You've made this analogy before and it's still a bad one, those aren't comparable Isaac - 10/03/2012 03:43:08 PM 635 Views
You said what I was thinking far more respectfully than I probably would have. Joel - 11/03/2012 12:14:55 AM 601 Views
... and apparently it was a waste of time Isaac - 11/03/2012 03:27:04 AM 540 Views
Perhaps he just missed it in all my spam? Joel - 11/03/2012 04:59:31 AM 612 Views
Basically what Isaac said. *NM* Urza - 10/03/2012 07:22:07 PM 307 Views
who? *NM* jh - 11/03/2012 12:00:13 AM 287 Views
Me Caasi - 11/03/2012 03:31:51 AM 569 Views
You're right and wrong. Dan - 10/03/2012 05:09:32 PM 947 Views
Re: You're right and wrong. Joel - 11/03/2012 12:28:25 AM 854 Views
Nope, Buddhists are explicitly atheist and also explicitly Ontologically engaged Dan - 11/03/2012 01:39:20 AM 853 Views
Actually, Buddhists are not explicitly atheist in the conventional sense of the world. Tom - 11/03/2012 02:42:36 AM 653 Views
Yeah, that's very true. Dan - 11/03/2012 03:27:09 PM 747 Views
My Buddhist readings are definitely Tibet-focused. Tom - 11/03/2012 04:00:17 PM 800 Views
Duplicate post *NM* Dan - 11/03/2012 03:28:58 PM 374 Views
I guess it is that old impersonalism that seems the great disappointment in most Eastern religions. Joel - 11/03/2012 04:48:54 AM 756 Views
What you talkin' 'bout, Willis? *NM* nossy - 10/03/2012 06:29:35 PM 279 Views
I think he's saying that most arguments used on behalf of Atheism actually come from the Bible. Dan - 10/03/2012 06:58:50 PM 643 Views
Pretty much, though I fudged iconoclasms precise definition. Joel - 11/03/2012 12:43:29 AM 586 Views
Basically what Dan said; atheism as iconoclasm sans icons (unless we count religion as symbolism.) Joel - 11/03/2012 12:46:52 AM 657 Views
What exactly do you mean by "The irreparable damage it inflicted in the Great Schism"? Tom - 10/03/2012 07:57:59 PM 723 Views
That Byzantiums iconoclasm was one of the many wedges between it and Rome that led to the Schism. Joel - 11/03/2012 12:27:05 AM 645 Views
Bull. Shit. Tom - 11/03/2012 01:54:07 AM 717 Views
I did not say it was decisive, but that it did irreparable damage to the relationship. Joel - 11/03/2012 04:23:43 AM 734 Views
Bull. Shit. Tom - 11/03/2012 04:30:08 AM 601 Views
It is not like I just pulled it out of my rear, any more than my HS history text or Wikipedia did. Joel - 11/03/2012 04:57:31 AM 676 Views
Bull. Shit. Tom - 11/03/2012 05:14:01 AM 751 Views
Irreparable damage is damage that cannot be repaired, not necessarily serious or fatal. Joel - 11/03/2012 10:34:57 AM 821 Views
Mierda.del.Toro Larry - 11/03/2012 12:36:59 PM 702 Views
1969 may be "sometime back" in Roman Catholic history,but is ~a millenium after the time in question Joel - 12/03/2012 05:47:11 PM 954 Views
You really must get steamed by anyone calling you out on your hyberbolic comments Larry - 12/03/2012 06:55:06 PM 816 Views
On the contrary, I am not the one screaming "bullshit" in as many languages as possible. Joel - 13/03/2012 12:07:54 AM 855 Views
No, you're just the one spewing the bullshit. *NM* Tom - 13/03/2012 12:37:15 AM 265 Views
ο κοπρος. του ταυρου. Tom - 11/03/2012 02:19:11 PM 783 Views
Very edifying; can you do Mandarin or Swahili next? Joel - 12/03/2012 05:47:23 PM 688 Views
No. Even English seems to be beyond your grasp. Tom - 12/03/2012 06:29:50 PM 596 Views
Citing scripture does not justify telling me to kill myself. Joel - 13/03/2012 12:08:02 AM 732 Views
I'm not telling you to; God is. Tom - 13/03/2012 12:35:45 AM 515 Views
Or can only you use that sort of specious logic? *NM* Tom - 13/03/2012 03:50:20 PM 262 Views
And re: particular bullshit Tom - 11/03/2012 02:33:15 PM 706 Views
Re: And re: particular bullshit Joel - 13/03/2012 12:07:42 AM 614 Views
Give it up already. You are wrong. everynametaken - 12/03/2012 12:53:37 AM 901 Views
I will do the former at least; pretty sure this "discussion" has reached rock bottom. Joel - 13/03/2012 12:12:46 AM 545 Views
More or less your last line Cannoli - 11/03/2012 01:37:42 AM 621 Views
That is a broader argument, but more consistent with iconoclasms established meaning. Joel - 11/03/2012 05:12:12 AM 733 Views
Would you include the iconoclasm that Joel cites in the canonical Judeo-Christian tradition as well? Dan - 11/03/2012 12:44:49 PM 600 Views
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