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Subject: Will's Thrill's: subject on hand Author: Willie "d" [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:55:16 01/13/01 Sat What has happened? In the words of the people who visit this message board or even from its creator , has it really gone to shit ? I am glad that our opinions can be expressed for us to read on the message board, so now I’ll give you all my opinion...I know its been long awaited for my opinion and that it can usually step on the toes of many of the people who visit this message board but here it is... Fundamentalism of any kind troubles me. The world is too big and too intricate to conform to our ideas of what it should be like. In my experience I’ve found that most fundamentalist aren’t so much attached to their professed ideologies as they are to the way in which these ideologies try to make sense of a confusing world. But the world is confusing, and just because we invent myths and theories to explain away the chaos we’re still going to live in a world that’s older and more complicated than we’ll ever understand. So many religious and political and scientific and social systems fail in that they try to impose a rigid structure onto what is an inherently ambiguous world. I’m not suggesting that we stop trying to understand the world, it can be fun and at times, helpful. But if we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then maybe our belief systems will make more sense and end up causing less suffering. Well if you just read that, then you are most likely thinking, “man this message board has gone to shit !!!” Well it is what you make it...and that’s it for me. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date my boys got brains haley 23:10:08 01/14/01 Sun Re: Will's Thrill's: subject on hand gorilla 10:45:34 01/15/01 Mon Re: Will's Thrill's: subject on hand -- gorilla 2, 19:34:35 01/15/01 Mon