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cbayer

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17. Too narrow for others who may not share your pov
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 04:27 PM
Oct 2012

No need for you to expand or modify your definition at all. Just perhaps recognize that it is by no means universally held.

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wow d_r Oct 2012 #1
+ struggle4progress Oct 2012 #2
I heard that when Einstein died, he was reading... onager Oct 2012 #8
Einstein is often said to be a pantheist. longship Oct 2012 #3
They don't offer much substance from the letter, but what I have read leads cbayer Oct 2012 #4
Well, Darwin called himself an agnostic... longship Oct 2012 #6
I know that Darwin struggled and it's unclear where he landed. cbayer Oct 2012 #7
I could not agree more with your post. longship Oct 2012 #9
By any strong conception of "god" or deity... Silent3 Oct 2012 #10
You cold be right or you could be wrong. cbayer Oct 2012 #11
Just because we might not be able to "imagine what there may be"... trotsky Oct 2012 #12
I'm perfectly willing to entertain all sorts of thoughts of other possible beings. Silent3 Oct 2012 #14
Using your definition, I would agree cbayer Oct 2012 #15
Too narrow for what? Silent3 Oct 2012 #16
Too narrow for others who may not share your pov cbayer Oct 2012 #17
Then those people can tell me what "god" means to them from their point of view... Silent3 Oct 2012 #18
That is fair, though many may choose not to have that meaningful cbayer Oct 2012 #19
Sure such things are open to judgment Silent3 Oct 2012 #20
Well, that letter kinda blows the "ambivalence" to smithereens, innit? 2ndAmForComputers Oct 2012 #13
Readers of this forum may enjoy the refutation of Eric Gutkind's book by Eric Bosekind. dimbear Oct 2012 #5
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