in the WTF category Brit beleive in ghosts but not gods

(after reading with comprehension; a non-negative is almost as wasteful as a mind. The subject of that predicate was the previous post.) In support of that assertion, then -

A force with no self awareness, unlike any god...
leaving only people (and possibly spirits) with self awareness.

A common thread amongst the variant -isms goes ~~ like this:

[The Absolute]
(*That* "to which no attributes may be assigned." Period.)

The [Absolute] cannot 'know itself'. But means to ???
Yes, one has to THINK about that predicament, for quite some time.

In order to "do" so, Other must be created, and by this er Singularity.
And a milieu / maya / illusion (whatever) which is most often labelled, The World of Duality: happens.

Within-which has been spawned all those metaphors; assembled-from-which was the Christian version: with the oft-used snake and the limning of the 'knowledge' thing, as appears closely-related to the Being thing, but not simply-enough for a few slogans to cover it. The Good/Evil, Yes/No Right/Wrong ... Duality Thing? R'us.

And, I say - how appropriate for Our Time\ufffd (and re the major preoccupations of many hereabouts) that Duality is an exact synonym for digital; and the worst form of digital surely must be: digital-think. Especially when operated upon ~most everything there is? seems to be? endlessly spinning opposites along the Way. Naaah: the primrose path. Cosmic Humour? Shirley..

And therein lies the reason why the Fundies (of any stripe) shall never Grok-to-fullness -- just create incessant warz. Digital yes/no think keeps a one locked into the world of appearances. Pity.

There: the history of contemplation AND an expectation of its means of denouement.

:-\ufffd

I didn't explain it as well as I could have, and probably should let Box speak for himself (with the risk that the boxlish would be less intelligible than my comments ;-), but let's go to our favorite [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism|free (and potentially crappy) encyclopedia]:

Jewish law requires that secondary rules be placed around the primary law, to reduce the chance that the main law will be broken. As such, it is common Jewish practice to restrict the use of the word Adonai to prayer only. In conversation, many Jewish people will call God "HaShem", which is Hebrew for "the Name" (this appears in Leviticus 24:11). Many Jews extend this prohibition to some of the other names listed below, and will add additional sounds to alter the pronunciation of a name when using it outside of a liturgical context, such as kel or elokim. Many Jews also write "G-d" instead of "God". While this last substitution is by no means required by religious law (only the Hebrew name, not the English, is holy), it is done to remind the reader of the holiness attached to God's name. (N.B.: Some Orthodox rabbis, e.g., Shlomo Ganzfried, have held that none of the proper names of God should be erased, blotted out, or discarded, even in translation.)

English translations of the Bible generally render YHWH as "Jehovah" in several locations, while replacing the name altogether as "the LORD" (in small capitals), and Adonai as "Lord" (in normal case). In a few cases, where "Lord YHWH" appears, the combination is written as "Lord GOD".

I stand behind the thoughts expressed in my previous post; the language can probably be argued over. The belief is that the name itself has power and is holy.

Rather than P_t_r, could I call you, "He of the big feet and nice kitchen"?

Cheers,
Scott.

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