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Old 05-09-2008, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by iconoclast View Post
There's no such thing as God.
All perspectives are correct in themselves. All perspectives are incomplete/limited to one extent or another.
One can but accept your statement as your perspective. In and as such, you are correct; at least in the moment that it was conceived. Perhaps your perspective will be different another moment. Perhaps you might then state, "There is a God!" That would also be 'correct', also 'incomplete.
Think of the blind men surrounding the elephant. One feels the tail and declares the elephant snake-like, with hair. Correct, but limited.
Another feels the leg and declares the elephant to be like a great tree... Correct, again, but...
We have learned to follow the urgings of the ego and to 'identify' with our concepts, and thus to argue who is 'right', leaving everyone else 'wrong'. Perhaps a more pragmatic and mutually beneficial approach would be for all to consider as many perspectives (all 'correct' to one extent or another) as possible in order to gain a 'better' understanding of elephant?
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