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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mitch Blevins who wrote (3745)	12/1/2000 1:09:59 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Because it is fun to think about? I saw the best movie. I think you will like it. It is called "After Life" and it is by the director of Maborosi. Now Maborosi is one of the most beautiful movies ever filmed, but possibly also one of the most boring. It was with trepidation that I rented "After Life". But it was wonderful! Moving, profound, and it made me really, really think about moments of life, each one, how many and yet how few they are. Please rent it. And let me know what you think. In the movie the dead have 7 days to chose a memory to relive throughout eternity. They are helped by bureaucrats (whom, you find out, are the people who were not able to chose their memory). The memory is recreated in the studios of this waystation, and then, when it is viewed, the dead person disappears, moving on to wherever it is they go to be with their memory forever. I think you can imagine how tender and moving this could be. And it is presented in such a low key way it never gets maudlin.

To: Mitch Blevins who wrote (3745)	12/1/2000 1:17:49 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

If the nature of GC is truly unknowable, and probably irrelevant, why do we bother talking about it at all? I think discussing GC reinforces our connection to others and improves our understanding of the effects of our personal actions. It is through service to the GC that we expand our sense of consciousness. All religions seek to do this in word but obfuscate by using excessively mystical terms or heavy ritual. It's not mystical, really. It is unknowable in its entirety. I don't think that is the necessarily the same thing. Just because it is unknowable in toto doesn't mean that there isn't a resonance when you get things right. Learning to recognize the positive and negative resonance is essential in determining one's impact on others. If one seeks to be a moral and spiritually enlightened person, you seek the positive resonance and avoid negative ones. Rejection of the "many paths" principle is a negative resonance because you devalue others by embracing only some of the potential that is out there. IMO.