Happy New Year
For the unbelievers, you know who you are.
For the unbelievers, you know who you are.
posted by AlexanderTheGreat at 11:04 PM
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
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5 Comments:
What?! I have always believed in New Years!
Not really implying nobody believed in the New Year,but, LOL well you are going by the Gregorian calendar.
Could always try the Aztec calendar, a little bit more accurate :)
Who are we? Or, to phrase the question slightly differently, who are the unbelievers? And what are the unbelievers unbelieving about? Precisely. Finally, does it matter?
To be succinct,
unbeliever = blind faith
I was to give a long exposition, but will just quote this:
"If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion." Lin-Chi.
Does it matter? YES
But isn't--
unbeliever = no faith
also true?
If so, then
blind faith = no faith
When I think of this in terms of my students, it makes a lot of sense. So many of them are reluctant to participate in discussions concerning controversial topics. It seems that they are afraid that they might actually change their minds. Perhaps they have no faith in their faith.
The sacred is ordinary and the ordinary is sacred.
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