Tag Archives: God

Beyond Theology

Posted on October 3, 2010 by deadondres

“When God is dead, man, who was always defined as a creature other than God, begins to feel himself as other than reality – a sentimental irregularity in a dog-eat-dog system that might have been contrived by the Devil, if … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotes | Tagged Alan Watts, atheism, belief systems, Buddhism, Christianity, Devil, enlightenment, God, God is dead, nirvana, relaxation, religion, stars, Structure, system, theology, Zen | Leave a comment

Excerpts from The Gospel According To Zen: Beyond The Death Of God

Posted on September 26, 2010 by deadondres

“A university student while visiting Gasan asked him: ‘Have you ever read the Christian Bible?‘ ‘No read it to me,’ said Gasan. The student opened the Bible and read from Saint Matthew: ‘And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider … Continue reading →

Tagged Buddha, God, gospel, jesus, religion, thought, worship, Zen | Leave a comment

The Grammar Of God

Posted on September 5, 2010 by deadondres

God – controversial. Some say it is tough to define, but such ambiguity doesn’t stop us from using the word “life.” No word is an obelisk, except for “obelisk.” Nothing is concrete, except for “concrete.” All is in flux. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged action, Active Philosophy, flux, God, grammar, jesus, Kant, knowledge, laws, le bateau atelier, life, metaphysics, Monet, movement, Music, Philosophy, power, religion, scale, science, will, Wittgenstein | Leave a comment

Stephen Hawking Proves My Point

Posted on September 2, 2010 by deadondres

Here is a quote from Stephen Hawking that illustrates my point about scientists trying to supplant God with word games: “Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing,” Hawking and his co-author, … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged creation, God, religion, stephen hawking, universe | 8 Comments

God can teach lessons, even through atheists (i.e. Existence teaches us lessons)

Posted on July 1, 2010 by activephilosophy

I found this link while searching my favorite internet dump, reddit.com. This link is to an opinion article that briefly describes the experience of a Christian being the guest of and living with an atheist family. The following passage from … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy, Quick Ideas | Tagged atheist, belief systems, better person, better world, children, christian, God, golden rule, good nature, Ideas, living, moral guidelines, morals, motivation, people, perpetuating behaivour, Philosophy, raised well, reason for action, religion, Self-improvement, treatment, values | 1 Comment

50,000, Value, God, Jesus & Satan

Posted on May 2, 2010 by deadondres

A couple days ago we reached 50,000 hits. My typical take on this would be to disregard the mark as an arbitrary number. That is to say, it possesses a weight that 23,766 does not, and we can explain this by … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged Active Philosophy, christ, Christianity, God, guns, jesus, Matthew, Michael Pacher, milton, numbers, paradise lost, satan, temptation, wealth distribution | 2 Comments

Salvation Or Satori

Posted on July 22, 2009 by deadondres

Sesshu Toyo “One of the errors which most surely hinder man’s intemporal realization is that of seeing in this realization a compulsive character. In many “spiritual” systems, religious or otherwise, man has the “duty” of achieving his “salvation”; he denies … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies, Quotes | Tagged Benoit, deception, duty, God, harmony, Hubert Benoit, humanity, initiative, pacification, realization, religion, salvation, satori, self, superior, understanding, Zen | 1 Comment

Necessary and Contingent Truths

Posted on June 13, 2009 by deadondres

This comes from Gottfried Wilhelm Von Liebniz’s essay elaborating some notions put forth in his famous First Truths: “Thus contingent truths are related to necessary as surd roots, i.e., the roots on incommensurable numbers, to the expressible roots of commensurable … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged analysis, body, constant, contingent, division, eternal, existential, final, force, geometry, God, harmony, infinity, isolation, Leibniz, math, matter, metaphysics, motions, Music, necessary, orchestra, Philosophy, transition, truth | 6 Comments

Giant Floating Daddy Figure

Posted on May 14, 2009 by deadondres

I don’t wanna seem too much like a stiff! I’m not like – What?!!! You don’t believe in the power of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ??! And his utterly implausible miracles either?!!! Hell!!! This next quote is in honor … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged Alan Watts, belief, Christianity, dumb, father figure, funny, God, heaven, judaism, Martin Buber, Paul Tillich, religion, sense of humor, silly, St. Thomas Aquinas | 1 Comment

Beyond Theism/Atheism

Posted on May 13, 2009 by deadondres

Puff Daddy: “Let’s change the world, BIG.” Notorious BIG: “Can’t change the world unless we change ourselves.” Beyond Atheism/Theism “I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s; I will not reason and compare; my business is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged agnosticism, atheism, belief, brand, catholicism, Christianity, discipline, division, faith, freedom, Gandhi, gentiles, gnostic, God, Gospel of Thomas, heaven, Hegel, history, judaism, knowledge, Leibniz, love, morality, Nietzshe, ownership, Pascal, raft, religion, Spinoza, spiritual, theism, tolerance, truth, unity, William Blake, wisdom, Wittgenstein | 1 Comment

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