tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221463968958795928.post3847716326147318188..comments2024-01-10T19:32:10.315-06:00Comments on Crossing Nebraska: Faith and ReasonMark Robert Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17076744028132663843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221463968958795928.post-19448256855747294162015-08-24T19:55:20.260-05:002015-08-24T19:55:20.260-05:00Thank you very much for reading and commenting, CV...Thank you very much for reading and commenting, CV! I apologize for my delay in responding. Perhaps it's my karma of late to feel a little bit like an outsider of whatever group I might be part of for a time. Whether I'm with Buddhists, Atheists, Christians, Secular Humanists, or what have you, I always seem to have a huge chunk of my awareness nestled in yet another way of viewing the world. I'm using a little bit of that "Radical Acceptance" to simply let that be as it is. It is just another manifestation of the dance of our separateness within oneness, I suppose. So much of the Atheist way of questioning belief resonates with me. So much of the progressive Christian focus on social justice issues resonates with me as well. I hope to be able to continue to be able to be present in all places that the forces that make up my existence might place me! Thank you again, CVMark Robert Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076744028132663843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221463968958795928.post-84051772290282764422015-08-09T11:43:40.080-05:002015-08-09T11:43:40.080-05:00Mark, great stuff. Thanks for that. I can relate t...Mark, great stuff. Thanks for that. I can relate to your feeling a little out of place and maybe the desire (if not the actuality) to attend the conference incognito. I attended church for years as a non-Christian with the hope of maybe, some day, seeing the Light. It never worked for me...thank God? ;) I read from Neil DeGrasse Tyson (I think it was; ya know, famous astrophysicist) that humankind's knowledge is only 4%. I find it remarkable that non-selective atheists can't be rational enough to admit our 96% ignorance or stupidity or whatever. So why is there something and not nothing? Me thinks another physicist, Freeman Dyson, has it right: "It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment."...or maybe Karen Armstrong with her strong emphasis on compassion. (She also likes humor.) Incidentally, I'm currently reading Tara Brach's "Radical Acceptance." She writes that the word "radical" come from some Latin word signifying root or origin. I think we have to accept humankind's limits to certainty about our origins. Looking forward to you next post!CrummyVerseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675576709343846147noreply@blogger.com