[lbo-talk] Where we stand today

[T Fast]

Carl is on to something here.  Partially anyway.  One does not have to be 
agnostic to avoid idolatry and blasphemy, but one does have to avoid 
mistaking the human for the divine.  Life and death for instance is the 
providence of god not man.  Calculated killing in this sense is a sin 
because it involves trespassing on the providence of god.  Another more 
interesting case is that of worldly laws.  Laws are the creation of man 
(sic).  As such they are guides but not the absolute rule for final judgment 
is the providence of god not man. The point: the human is fallible, the 
divine is not.  This simple axiom contains a philisophical paradox but those 
who attempt to crack it directly will find themselves in a bad infinity for 
it simply is an irreducible paradox.

Travis


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl Remick" <carlremick at hotmail.com>
>
> So, it can be argued that only agnostics are God-fearing people.  They
> alone
> respect the Almighty in all Its infinitude.  They do not purport to
> understand what is unknowable.  Hence, those who argue against religion
> are
> the truly religious, QED.
>
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>
> "Anyone who says the word Jehovah......." [John Cleese]
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