obolworld

Published on 2006-10-03 22:15:00

OCTOBER EO30 NO FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE MADE TO THIS BLOGSITE. A RELATED SITE - LIVING IN OBOLWORLD - WILL BE UP SOON.

your guardian response to Dawkins

Published on 2006-09-29 14:26:00

Dear Stephen Unwin, 1. Dawkins is more than able to look after himself. Nevertheless: it's not true that (in his book) he"comes down firmly on the side of certainty" (that there is no god) . He admits the possibility , but passionately and caringly opposes the imposition of obscurantism and sectarianism and above all fear on children. Myself I'm impressed by my understanding of Ockham's Razor: we have no hope of discovering any order there may be (and indeed is) in it all if w

hell - or heaven - on earth

Published on 2006-09-26 11:25:00

The story of our species to date is best regarded as a prolonged residence in hell on earth. Caught up in our own predicament, we have struggled to "conquer" the planet , indeed if possible the cosmos. and make it serve us. There have been exceptions to this norm, but increasingly as we learnt more and more, we have idolised ourselves. Seemingly masters of our destiny, responsible for our own fortune, we now wallow in awe-inspiring pyramids of power and money. Many if not most of us wish it

the divine present

Published on 2006-09-26 04:55:00

Experiencing the wonder of the passing scene, whatever it is, however terrible or delightful from our personal point of view: this is the ever-changing face of our divinity, contemplate it, in the knowledge it is a construct of sub-atomic particles and energies. It is evidently not geared to the well-being of every human : to suggest that is human-centric, hubristic. To believe it is our job to meddle with it in order to make it more accomodating to us - a total misunderstanding. Our spec

my words

Published on 2006-09-26 04:54:00

Following the legendary example of jesus of nazareth, in whose tradition i was brought up, i say now in all simplicity : we ourselves and all the material objects we cherish will crumble to dust before my words are forgotten. They lay the foundation of the coming mature stage of our species on this planet, the fulfilment of prophesy, a period of peace and wisdom. What geographical extent this coming age has remains to be seen : at present our species is behaving as a cancer on the body of l

science & religion

Published on 2006-09-26 04:52:00

Dawkins is a militant atheist, with a book just published; this is my reply It attempts to show the true point of "religion": a different "Way" of life, perhaps only generally possible now that science has discovered how our cosmos and planet are constructed. Hugh Knockandarragh Donard Co Wicklow 24th September ad 2006 Dear Professor Dawkins, No no no no, you are a very intelligent man,

attachment

Published on 2006-09-26 04:12:00

Sat, 23 Sep 2006so, after 29 years, i have solved the characteristic problems of our species (how it all makes sense, and how we best live with it), and characteristically am ignored for doing so.

(diis)-unity

Published on 2006-09-22 14:31:00

Like it or not, my mind runs on...as ever, but we don't now meet to exchange chat. I presume that that separation, like all else, is part of the pattern leading to the needed culmination. The rule seems to be, that so long as one's mind supposes our thoughts, emotions, deeds etc are our own, our doing, - for good or ill - one c a n n o t experience the bliss of integration, union, harmony with the cosmos...the unio mystica of the saints . Disharmony is disruptive, even though it has its ess

Published on 2006-09-22 14:30:00

Yes, your pessimism incites my good cheer - as always - maybe its justification?! Look at it this way (my mind says) : if we accept (provisionally) the analysis of sensory perceptions offered by modern science , the cosmos of the scientists , then what a wonder our planet is, and what a wonder that people should exist on it who appreciate this wonder, indeed the wonder of the whole! (Only if we accept an infinite number of planets in all, is it perhaps inevitable that among them would

christians and muslims etc

Published on 2006-09-20 06:52:00

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 yes indeed, and more so - but myself, I analyse from increasing idiocy all round the imminent collapse of our civilisation, and rather hope a purified one may be born from the ashes.. Meanwhile, it always amazes me that muslims and jews do not generally call in question the irrationality, improbability and indeed (self-)idolatry of one religious tradition regarding its particular founder as uniquely divine - especially since 2000 years ago it had long been customary for dis