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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (7482)11/26/2000 9:16:34 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 10042
 
I've often explained God to "thinking people" in a form that they can understand

Hi Ron,

I'm sorry that my use of the word "believer" caused so much confusion. I wasn't talking about believing in a god so much as the way people are wired to process ideas and beliefs, in general. I didn't mean to suggest that one couldn't come to a belief in a god through a predominantly intellectual process. I can't get there, but I've seen other people do it and I respect it.

I can't really define what a "believer" is because I'm not one of them and, despite my efforts, I can't get inside their heads well enough because they don't communicate in a way I can relate to. From the outside, it appears to me to be a very emotional or gut way of operating with an extraordinary reliance on authority, especially tradition. Pretty alien to me.

Since we're on the subject, I'll add that, while I think that one could come to a belief in a god through an predominantly intellectual process, I would say that thinkers and fundamentalists are inherently incompatible.

Despite what X may opine about me, I like to consider myself a "thinking person"... :0)

X dismisses people pretty quickly. I'm more tenacious. Your posts come right out of the "believer" style guide, but I have hopes.

Karen
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