In article <Ywu5b.259187$cF.81616@rwcrnsc53>, Doug Anderson
<ethelthelog@yahoo.com> wrote:
I don't know a better way to say this - when I reread what I wrote it seems pretty inadequate.

For those who know what you are talking about it is plenty adequate.
For an agnostic you seem to be on pretty good terms with God, IMO.

Ted

Seeker <anon-30263@anon.twwells.com> writes:
In article <Ywu5b.259187$cF.81616@rwcrnsc53>, Doug Anderson <ethelthelog@yahoo.com> wrote: I don't know a better way to say this - when I reread what I wrote it seems pretty inadequate. For those who know what you are talking about it is plenty adequate. For an agnostic you seem to be on pretty good terms with God, IMO.

Only if all god means is a state of mind! (And I keep missing out on
this "miracle" thing.)

In article <mtk78oebw2.fsf@noether.uoregon.edu>, Doug Anderson
<ethelthelog@yahoo.com> wrote:
Seeker <anon-30263@anon.twwells.com> writes: In article <Ywu5b.259187$cF.81616@rwcrnsc53>, Doug Anderson <ethelthelog@yahoo.com> wrote: I don't know a better way to say this - when I reread what I wrote it seems pretty inadequate. For those who know what you are talking about it is plenty adequate. For an agnostic you seem to be on pretty good terms with God, IMO. Only if all god means is a state of mind! (And I keep missing out on this "miracle" thing.)

Why sell yourself short so much? Try considering if it *isn't* just a
state of mind -- that there is some kind of reality, no matter how
tenuous, at work behind it.

Ted

Seeker <anon-30263@anon.twwells.com> writes:
In article <mtk78oebw2.fsf@noether.uoregon.edu>, Doug Anderson <ethelthelog@yahoo.com> wrote: Seeker <anon-30263@anon.twwells.com> writes: In article <Ywu5b.259187$cF.81616@rwcrnsc53>, Doug Anderson <ethelthelog@yahoo.com> wrote: > I don't know a better way to say this - when I reread what I wrote it > seems pretty inadequate. For those who know what you are talking about it is plenty adequate. For an agnostic you seem to be on pretty good terms with God, IMO. Only if all god means is a state of mind! (And I keep missing out on this "miracle" thing.) Why sell yourself short so much?

_Believe_ me I'm not doing that!
Try considering if it *isn't* just a state of mind -- that there is some kind of reality, no matter how tenuous, at work behind it.

Sure, I've thought about that. But I already have a word for the
state of mind (transcendence), so no need to invent another word (god)
or to violate Occam's razor by imagining that this state of mind is
caused by some being or force external to the mind.