tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894764035439419656.post3843301371912555414..comments2024-01-07T00:04:51.972-08:00Comments on Humble Wonderful: Explaining My Gospel.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412650446530771853noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894764035439419656.post-78570362591342260712013-02-18T21:18:19.194-08:002013-02-18T21:18:19.194-08:00Doing good drives me nuts topically. Im unable to ...Doing good drives me nuts topically. Im unable to find systemic ways of doing good other than very self oriented useless crap (do you know how many thousands of trees are saved by a year of vegetarianism? a frikkn lot. google it), in fact the concept of good- and the concept of a system, do they even make any sense together? we people are an assortment of units performing functions in a vast system- what good can be done for individual items of that kind anyway? so I an lost in the land poof physics where good and bad each shift when you move things..... I've kindof drifted i into some strange occult science of affect anyways Way tmi for this box:D... rrply to my question mark tony! xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805631743924983547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894764035439419656.post-52405756172960293212013-02-18T21:06:54.506-08:002013-02-18T21:06:54.506-08:00hmm. k 'Christian territory'- that sounds ...hmm. k 'Christian territory'- that sounds so spatial, and you mean philosophical turf but also literally a market garden... I know this is impractical but I'm always looking for nondenominational market gardens. <br />I find it so hard to eerie when I can't look at ur blog (lost and occluded by my txt window)... but yr My Gospel pt 2 talks about myths function in reconciling possibly opposed beliefs, ja? this is where I am lost- you personally continue to use non myth language to construct a christianity for yourself that like most Christianities has no room for mythos from elsewhere. I am bothered by needing a whole cupboard of Christian hats, atheist hats, buddhist hats etc. What ever happened to ppl like us here and nowish building a mythos that sits above christianity, science, and assorted diverse fictional constructs? because what you are building is being built in Christian territory....<br />Am I one of yr great yet shrugging atheists?:) oh hey I now just refuse the whole question. Im not atheist, agnostic, or that other thing whatever it's called. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805631743924983547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894764035439419656.post-2636619961789872632013-02-18T06:31:09.674-08:002013-02-18T06:31:09.674-08:00August, It's a good question as to why I keep ...August, It's a good question as to why I keep hovering around Christian territory. Just the other day I was looking outside of this mythos wondering if its too late to learn another language. <br /><br />It's definitely more of a challenge to even explore the language of mayan beliefs for example, let alone grasp their ideas. I have to tell my brain not to shut down in those territories due to ingrained prejudices against "time travel" and "spirituality" in the same sentence.<br /><br />The other point is that such an exercise would always be academic only. There are no Mayans I know in Bendigo. Christianity however is a living breathing culture I can participate in and interact with. That's a significant factor. I even find my secondary religious languages suffer for lack of use. There's nobody to talk Daoism with which I would love to do.<br /><br />The local Buddhism (we have a Giant Stupa here) set off some old Roman Catholic alarm bells actually with its pomp and male leadership. I still periodically imagine buckling in for a retreat there but there is a local Christian church which runs a community garden, has a common meal and has women leading the service that is much more attractive to me.<br /><br />My core interest is in what philosophically justifies a person doing good, recognising justice and noticing others rather than being a basthard. When I probe amazing atheists on the topic they usually just shrug their shoulders or think I'm trying to undermine their scientific materialism or worse mention genetics as if that explained anything. They remain enigmatic on the issue.<br /><br />Christians have lots of facinating explicit motivations. Some work better than others. Some intrigue me deeply. Probably the Mayans do too. In fact hook me up with any people doing good in the world who would like to articulate their philosophy for doing so - of any religion or none.<br /><br />Ultimately its that "doing good in the world" that I'm really obsessed with. You know I even think physics is ethical.<br /><br />Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412650446530771853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894764035439419656.post-46400201602877320412013-02-18T03:21:22.687-08:002013-02-18T03:21:22.687-08:00yea I just keep being confused by this topic Tony,...yea I just keep being confused by this topic Tony, I can't seem to understand why this content is all Christianity.... w mosaic covenant sauce.... you say urself its philosophy, but then you continue to converse w the Christian church. it all makes sense to me until the fun of contemplating the life of jesus bit... which one tho? the one u made up, the historical guy, buddy christ? <br /> I keep not understanding why you would have "the challenge and conflict of the cross"* remain pointlessly bound philosophically to christianity.<br />?<br />*)from an amglican prayerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805631743924983547noreply@blogger.com