A god In Ruins
Ralph Waldo Emerson says,
"Man is a god in ruins."
Would you agree?
"Man is a god in ruins."
Would you agree?
More like a god in the fetal state.
over 2 years ago
I wouldn't agree.
"Man" is headed for ruin. I could agree with.
However, equating "man" with any conception of god could well be a major cause of the downward trajectory of mankind.
"Man" is headed for ruin. I could agree with.
However, equating "man" with any conception of god could well be a major cause of the downward trajectory of mankind.
over 2 years ago
No, I would not agree even though the Bible claims we were made in His image.
I suspect any man who can believe he is God or God-like may be a ruination -- and may ruin innocent men and women.
Look at the histories of men who thought they were God; Jim Jones of the Jonestown Peoples Temple and David Koresh of the Texas Waco Wackos.
Are they the example or are they the exception?
I suspect any man who can believe he is God or God-like may be a ruination -- and may ruin innocent men and women.
Look at the histories of men who thought they were God; Jim Jones of the Jonestown Peoples Temple and David Koresh of the Texas Waco Wackos.
Are they the example or are they the exception?
over 2 years ago
LLL, I believe the concept of equating man and a god is more subtle and pervasive than your examples. Ideas like racism, social darwinism, male superiority, and similar concepts are rooted, I believe, in this construction.
over 2 years ago
Maybe in our youth we feel inviceable...
like the gods...feeling powerful, full of our own knowledge, feeling SO wise, feeling we are the potrait of a loving and caring person.
As the role of the gods has declined in age....
as we age...we begin to realize we are human and frail,
we KNOW very little and if we are totally honest our loving
is motivated by our own self interest.
Just guessing...could that be what he meant?
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like the gods...feeling powerful, full of our own knowledge, feeling SO wise, feeling we are the potrait of a loving and caring person.
As the role of the gods has declined in age....
as we age...we begin to realize we are human and frail,
we KNOW very little and if we are totally honest our loving
is motivated by our own self interest.
Just guessing...could that be what he meant?
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over 2 years ago
Some of us are motivated by our own self interest.
Others look at the future of our species.
Others look at the future of our species.
over 2 years ago
MY LOVING is not motivated by my own self interest.\\
maybe that is why we have to agree to disagree?>????????
maybe that is why we have to agree to disagree?>????????
over 2 years ago
on an individual basis we know VERY LITTLE.
over 2 years ago
However, equating "man" with any conception of god could well be a major cause of the downward trajectory of mankind.
Bull shit
Bull shit
over 2 years ago
The brain of man and woman
no concept of the divine experiencing itself?
Is it all about the individual experience?
If that's all there is, my friend, then let's keep dancing.
no concept of the divine experiencing itself?
Is it all about the individual experience?
If that's all there is, my friend, then let's keep dancing.
over 2 years ago
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