TigressLily
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I'll take the liberty of reversing the order on two of your statements. A healthy dose of skepticism in conjunction with keeping an open-minded attitude is commendable and quite necessary to further the exploration of science. It's when an individual functions with narrow-minded tunnel vision and is so quick to resort to proclaiming b.s. without a genuine desire to gain knowledge that one can separate the insolent boys from the (matured) men. I'm not a parochial school teacher and will be the first to admit I don't have the patience to deal with abject ignorance.
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ORIGINAL: vincentML
Being skeptical of spiritualism does not make materialism a bad word. Tiz the essence of science.
All [non-harmful] things in moderation. Wise words to live by. Materialism might not be such a bad word--being materialistic is, although you're certainly entitled to your opinion there as well. But that's just how I was raised, with non-materialistic values outweighing materialistic considerations.
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The experience is open to question when it lies outside of our current understanding of biology and physics. The skeptic simply asks for evidence. No reason to feel threatened by that. Maybe you have the makings of a new paradigm of knowledge. If so, please share.
Not feeling threatened. That would presuppose there was an actual perceived threat. I can handle being challenged, and I thank you for your concern. Besides, I find it is the so-called scientific types or strictly rational linear thinkers who haven't developed their capacity for abstract thought who are the most threatened by shifts in paradigm. As for myself, I appreciate the inference, but I can hardly take credit for having effected any significant paradigm shifts. However, since you have brought it up, allow me to circle back to the following:
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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle {per Post#60}
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It would be nice to to hear the perspectives of believers on these issues.
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In terms of a major paradigm shift, the advent of Christianity ushered in a novel concept. If nothing else, if one simply regards Jesus as a prophetic messenger in a long line of religious prophets or philosophers, no other system of thought gave us a parent/child-relationship worship model. No longer was there the subservience evident of being cast in the role of servant of God. Behold the parable of The Prodigal Son. One could still choose this modus operandi, just as one's submissive might choose to regard himself as a slave on a consensual basis. Humanity was given this open invitation of kinship to become a Child of God - with all of its concomitant privileges - instead of remaining an unrelated servile devotee. You could view it as a spiritual adoption of sorts. Hence the mission given to believers to spread the Gospel, the "Good News."
To this I shall add, such a paradigm shift is so monumental, that it has still not been fully assimilated in two millennia. When the 100th Monkey syndrome eventually reaches critical mass, then will humanity as a whole be ready for all the Biblical prophecies to be fulfilled. As it is written, a day of the Lord is as 1000 years upon the earth (within the construct of the time/space continuum).
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