> I've got a cool quote on this: "Conquer
thyself. Till thou hast done
> this, thou art but a slave for it is
almost as well to be subjected
> to another's appetite, as to thine
own." (Robert Burton/ 17th
> century) What do you say to this? I
agree completely.
<<I like the quote. It is pretty meaningful.
That is if the quote is
"saying"- "Learn to control yourself and not be
under anothers control.">>
hmm.. not really according to my definition. I
think it says: don't let your "appetite" (meaning sexual desire or any other
kind of desire - which could end up getting you somewhere you don't really want
to be) control you because it's just as if somebody else's desires controlled
you (sort of the slavery-image) and that doesn't appeal to anybody, does
it?
<<Except that I feel a God, so their seems to
be more than the forces of
nature at work. There seems to be an intelligence
out there. But, was
the intelligence first an "evolutionary"
thing?>>
hmm.. that is a very, very popular topic to be
talked about - I personally believe that there was a God in the beginning "and
through him all things were made" (to quote the Christian creed).. because one
way or the other (of course you can disagree with me here) you will have to face
the question: WHY? Why did "stuff happen" (to quote you)? - of course you can
say that it was a sheer coincidence, but I do not believe so.. and no scientific
theory (like for example the theory of evolution) can answer that question, at
least it seems that way
<<I know that
the "world exists" to those without the common 5 senses.
There still is
light and sound. But nothing to understand it with other
than skin
sensations. (Heat, touch, vibration). Just like we cannot say
that there
isn't some greater being. We just don't have the extra sense
to detect one.
That is to prove it.>>
I get your point here and I must say it
couldn't have been expressed better otherwise!
<<Since
there are things in my life that pronounce the existence of a
God>>
And what things are those (if you don't mind me
asking)?
I hope this
wasn't too long. - Jim
I sure hope this wasn't too long - Ewa
(really, wasn't it or was it?)
PS I'm still "working" on my response to you,
Jackson.. time is all I need