Re: Christianity
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:04 pm
He could be, but it's safer to assume he isn't.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:57 pmI'm sometimes inclined to think maybe he is indeed telling the truth here. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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He could be, but it's safer to assume he isn't.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:57 pmI'm sometimes inclined to think maybe he is indeed telling the truth here. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I guess you are right. Best to give poor Alexis some benefit of the doubt, I suppose. And I'm no better in regards to some others.
While Alexis is, indeed, the subject of much doubt, I'm doubtful of finding much benefit in it.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:26 pm Best to give poor Alexis some benefit of the doubt, I suppose.
Here, we can notice some reflections in DAM's oppositional writing. And there you have it: a stance, a perspective, that requires no other referent but something like a *mood* within an individual enabling him (or her) to see everything/anything in any way that the person desires to, because something else is proposed as being ultimately more relevant. Anything and everything, then, can be undermined; reduced to the general nothingness and irrelevancy that is ultimately held up as dominating life and reality.If we are to judge Zen from our common-sense view of things, we shall find the ground sinking away under our feet. Our so-called rationalistic way of thinking has apparently no use in evaluating the truth or untruth of Zen. It is altogether beyond the ken of human understanding. All that we can therefore state about Zen is that its uniqueness lies in its irrationality or its passing beyond our logical comprehension.
"Zen," says Suzuki, "is above space-time relations, and naturally even above historical facts."
Yet you seem very mired in them.Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:39 pm "Zen," says Suzuki, "is above space-time relations, and naturally even above historical facts."
No, Gary, it's nothing to do with you or your book. It's nothing to do with anything, really; I just did it because I could.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:34 pmOh, no, Harbal! That's not a critique of me, my book or my actions I hope? If so, then I object. If Alexis gets to do it, then so do I. (At least as long as the forum mods don't bend to AJ's will)
I would never ask you to lower your price for me, therefore, I cannot afford your email course.Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:41 pm The Ten Week Email Cure-an-Idiot of Himself Course goes for $999.00 but depending on the degree and severity of the idiocy I am always open to negotiating a lower price if the idjit has any promise at all.
Well, that's good. Because...if you buy and read my book you will be absolutely delighted with it--unless of course, you don't like great poetry!Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:44 pmNo, Gary, it's nothing to do with you or your book. It's nothing to do with anything, really; I just did it because I could.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:34 pmOh, no, Harbal! That's not a critique of me, my book or my actions I hope? If so, then I object. If Alexis gets to do it, then so do I. (At least as long as the forum mods don't bend to AJ's will)
Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:41 pm The Ten Week Email Cure-an-Idiot of Himself Course goes for $999.00 but depending on the degree and severity of the idiocy I am always open to negotiating a lower price if the idjit has any promise at all.