Hi,
In the proper sense, the beast ("faith") can have it's good sides, or it's pretty moods, but I suspect it always... there is a very dark side to faith, much more destructive than they dark side of reason (in my estimation).
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I had the same experience. Most people are people people. If you
aren't talking about people or to people, you have a hard time
maintaining their interest. People are more important than ideas.
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Well, I guess that marks me off from the crowd them. I am certainly not a "people person". People are more important than ideas. Probably true. I'll admit, however, that it's alien to me. There is a gem here that I'll have to think about a while.
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But that ball never goes anywhere. I'd rather build a set of
gyroscopes inside the first two balls such that when the bottom one
rolls, the top one counter-rotates in exact response. Then give the
system a little nudge and it will roll, upright, along the path.
Sure, it's unstable in principle...but it moves.
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That would be interesting. But is *inherent* instability in your belief set a possible human condition? (i.e. can a human mind maintain cognitive dissonance on a permanent basis?) Let's not loose ourselves in the metaphor!
ERiC