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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Ockham

William of Ockham (...; also Occam; c. 1287 – 1347) was an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher and theologian, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. He is considered to be one of the major figures of medieval thought and was at the centre of the major intellectual and political controversies of the fourteenth century. He is commonly known for Occam's razor, the methodological principle that bears his name, and also produced significant works on logic, physics, and theology. In the Church of England, his day of commemoration is 10 April.

William of Ockham joined the Franciscan order at an early age. It is believed that he studied theology at the University of Oxford from 1309 to 1321, but while he completed all the requirements for a master's degree in theology (the 14th century equivalent of a doctorate) he was never made regent master. Because of this, he acquired the honorific title Venerabilis Inceptor, or "Venerable Beginner" (an inceptor was a student formally admitted to the ranks of teachers by the university authorities). He was also known as the Doctor Invincibilis or "Unconquerable Teacher."

His work in this period became the subject of controversy, and Ockham was summoned before the Papal court of Avignon in 1324 under charges of heresy. ...

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However, though Ockham was excommunicated for apostasy, his philosophy was never officially condemned.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Ockham#Faith_and_reason

William of Ockham believed "only faith gives us access to theological truths. The ways of God are not open to reason, for God has freely chosen to create a world and establish a way of salvation within it apart from any necessary laws that human logic or rationality can uncover." Ockham's theism was based solely on private revelation and faith (fideism). He believed that only science was a matter of discovery and saw God as the only ontological necessity.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_church

(St Augustine of Hippo) was strongly influenced by the Platonist belief that true reality is invisible and that, if the visible reflects the invisible, it does so only partially and imperfectly ...

I stated in an earlier post, that the wisest scientists of the world use knowledge along with God. I stand by that statement. Why? because as you said, its like dangling a carrot in front of a mule. Its a code quite mysterious and invisible. What about string theory? That is an interesting one. Life is energy, and the things around us bring energy. Just because you cant see something does not mean its not there. Is it really true we lose weight at the moment of death? And how does one know, when you are in a room alone or with company, that something isn't going on that you can not detect with the human eye? Why do people have so much trouble understanding the bible? Besides its even stated its beyond human comprehension. Could that be that God lives where a human can not exist?

Speaking of the invisible Church, God has seen fit to put me in both camps. I belong to both the visible and invisible Church with enough latitude to render me incomprehensible to the Devil.

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No argument with that.
I think this Ockham guy knew a little something something.

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No argument with that.
I think this Ockham guy knew a little something something.

Please think me not cruel for laughing Protestant.

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Now, now, are you getting slick again, and calling me inferior in a nice way?

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Now, now, are you getting slick again, and calling me inferior in a nice way?

In the lines that are automatically appended to your posts it says, "My crazy smells like jasmine, cloves and cat nip." In response an intellectual would say: Surely, she is my inferior to be taken under my wing in need of protection.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin

The etymology of the name interpreted as son of the right side.

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... Basically he said, no proper and decent Wiccan would indulge in tarot because it belongs in the Black Arts, not Wiccan.

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Now it is time to listen to the Devo song, Through Being Cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_HH_jher3c