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New Page: "The Four Dimensions and the Immutability of God" by Vexen Crabtree (2007) - Two, Three and Four Dimensional Objects
- Existing Outside of Time
- The Immutability of God
I haven't got access to any of my physics books (like John Gribbon's books) that no doubt have some commentary on issues like these... so for now this page is merely a bit of a rant. Tags: 2d, 3d, 4d, dimensions, eternity, everlasting, fourth dimension, god, omniscience, philosophy, physics, theology, time
Current Location: Starbucks, Hammersmith, London, UK
Current Mood:  tired
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New: "What Causes Religion?" by Vexen CrabtreeThe conclusion reads: "Religions arise as collections of popular beliefs, codified and institutionalized by the progression of Human organisation. Eventually, the changing beliefs of the masses out-evolve the more dogmatic, established religions. The causes of the religious beliefs of Humankind are rooted in our psychology. Psychologists, sociologists, ethnographers and scientists tend to view religious beliefs as the result of mostly normal psychological systems being applied in the wrong context. A prime example is the way we get angry with cars and computers, and shout insults at them, or the way we tend to see patterns in random behaviour such as brownian motion (our 'hyperactive agent detection device'). Historical investigators such as William James have found that outstanding religious innovaters and leaders have frequently been psychotic, suffered from various mental problems and nervous instability. Experiments on the Human brain have allowed us to discover many of the specific neuronal networks that can misfire to cause us to have 'religious' feelings and experiences. Childhood fantasies, including an absence of death and the seemingly all-present, ever-caring and all-knowing parental figures who give us comfort, often become the basis for religious beliefs in adults. This hidden wishful-thinking mechanism feeds our ego (that someone cares about everything we do) and gives us consolation from death in the idea of an afterlife. Many strange things we 'experience' are cultural (therefore an aspect of upbringing), and once a scientific and critical understanding of them is attained, the beauty of the natural world displaces the appeal of the supernatural. Religion is self-inflicted delusion, illusion, smoke and mirrors." Related to: "Experiences of God" by Vexen Crabtree (2002)</p> </div> Tags: belief, beliefs, experiences, faith, fantasy, god, illusion, irrationality, myth, religion, science, sociology, supernaturalism, theology
Current Location: Germany
Current Mood:  happy
Listening To: "Aiges Mortes" by Ataraxia
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"God and Pronouns: God has no gender" by Vexen Crabtree (2006) Tags: english, female, feminine, gender, god, male, masculine, philosophy, pronouns, religion, semantics, theology, tradition
Current Location: Germany
Current Mood:  busy
Listening To: "Country" by Synthetic
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Cultural Religion Versus Scholarly ReligionThe conclusion reads: "It is difficult to say if a religion is what is believed by most of it's followers, or if a religion is what is preached by it's scholars. Frequently the formal doctrine of a religion contradicts what the popular beliefs are of most of it's adherents. The grassroots of a religion is nearly always a watered-down, mixed-up, confused and ignorant set of cultural traditions and folk lore mixed in with popularist beliefs. The more formal scholarly religion is often complex, more complete, demanding to study and frequently convoluted as the religions' scholars debate it's weakspots and difficult spots. The more difficult the area of study of a religion, the more maze-making it's scholars will do in attempts to explain away irrationality. You will need to engage the grassroots religion or the scholarly religion in different circumstances. Frequently you will need to address cultural beliefs amongst the religions' followers, who are more stupid; and address more scholarly concerns and political concerns amongst the religions' scholars and leaders. So what you consider a religion to be is a contradictory mix of both what the leaders say the religion is, and what the actual believers believe. The difference between the intellectual top of a religion is normally quite an opposite to the grassroots bottom of the same religion!" Tags: religion, sociology, theology, untermensch
Current Mood: busy
Listening To: "With or Without You" by U2
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