Perennis

I ran into this article the other day on cracked.com. It’s normally a humor site, but this article by David Wong is actually extremely perceptive and intelligent about unraveling the atheist/believer conflict. I highly recommend it as required reading for anyone attempting to debate religion.

One of the greatest religious thinkers and debaters of any age was my patron Thomas Aquinas. His particular strength was his ability to put himself into the minds of his opponents. He could understand, and explain their positions even better than they could themselves.

People are much more willing to listen to someone who they believe truly understands them. On the contrary, feeling misunderstood is one of the greatest obstacles to communication – especially in a contentious situation. David shows a remarkable ability in this article to understand the mindset of both sides of the equation.

The link is here

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Hey, Thomas!

I was wondering if you would be interested in a thread on intuitives, energywork, etc. I just saw your Reiki thread and had not realized your involvement. I wrote some material a while back for a publication and recently returned to it to pull some info for a class. THAT got me thinking about several things.

if you are interested, is this the forum? Or another?

In the meantime, be well.
Loa

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Leviticus 11:20

Someone tell me what that verse is supposed to mean!

Birds have two legs and don’t creep.

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From tx03 and Bear lately?

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If it would not be too much of an imposition, could you two direct your attention to the Insight board and post your ideas on the following subjects, which I found very impressive:

FTA – your discussion on why a finite creature, such as a human, cannot commit any sins that merit infinite punishment, and why all are likely to eventually be saved

Eretz – How you define sin to be acting in an unGodlike manner, which is why it hurts God, and therefore merits corrective action

I recall both of your arguments, but you both do it much better than I.

http://pcmb.insightbb.com/apache2-default/index.php?board=15.0

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