atw: Re: How to Have a Rational Discussion
- From: Pauline Khoo <pauline.sydney@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:46:16 +1000
Very soon now, within your lifetime, you will realise what is mythology and
what is not...
On 29 April 2011 14:42, Michael Lewis <michael.lewis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Intellectual or financial? What about social pursuits - like making a
> difference?
>
> But this is getting well away from technical communication, where mythology
> has (one hopes) no place.
>
> - Michael Lewis
>
>
>
> On 29 April 2011 14:32, Pauline Khoo <pauline.sydney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> God doesn't mind that you discount him. It is you who is losing out on his
>> benefits.
>>
>> It is true that our culture is extremely focused on intellectual pursuits.
>> The other alternative is financial pursuits.
>>
>> However, these are all very effective distractions ... they keep you
>> really occupied, some say on less important things. But not THE most
>> important thing.
>>
>> Your mind is a gift. That you have been given a rational mind is a gift.
>> Not everybody is gifted the same way. In addition, we seem to be
>> over-valueing our strengths, and under-valueing our weaknesses. They are
>> both equally important.
>>
>> That there are contradictions in the world means that we have to navigate
>> a life that is full of contradictions. Hard truths lead to hard heartedness
>> and myopic viewpoints. They don't lend themselves to the development of
>> wisdom. As an example, the Bible is full of contradictions so that we as a
>> humanity may learn to live with apparent contradictions. Too much of hard
>> truths lead to conflicts (even within the church). That is why we need a
>> leadership of the one and only God, without which we also are a lost
>> humanity. The argument of a God suggests a greater wisdom in the creator of
>> wisdom. Intelligence is not wrong. Wisdom is a creation of God. He laid the
>> earth's foundations with wisdom.
>>
>> In order to have freedom of choice, we must learn to deal with
>> contradictions and opposing viewpoints. I value freedom of choice because it
>> is a gift of God. But choice leads to consequences. If you choose this, then
>> the consequences are these. If you choose that, then the consequences are
>> that. Therefore choose wisely ... choose freedom ... choose life ... choose
>> blessings ... choose wisdom ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pauline Khoo
>>
>
>
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