Worldviewed (out)

I'm having fun reading from The Universe Next Door by Sires. There are lots of gr8 quotes in there. Right now one of my favorites is: Eastern Pantheistic Monism. Q: what could be pan- and mon- at the same time? Comment 2) about Eastern Pantheistic Monism is that it blows my Western way of thinking. For example, becoming one with the One transcends reality or something like that. Truth as a category is rejected as beside the point. (and I'm like, do what??)

Following are some random quotes from The Universe Next Door. Feel free to leave comments.

"To honor human creativity, Sidney argued, is to honor God, for God is the 'hevenly Maker of that maker.'"

"A man said to the universe:
'Sir, I exist.'
'However,' replied the universe,
'that fact has not created in me
a sense of obligation.'" --Stephen Crane

"Behold, we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last--far off--at last, to all
And every winter changes to spring.
So runs my dram; but what am I?
An infant crying in the night;
An infant crying for the light;
And with no language but a cry." --Lord Tennyson

"Charles Darwin himself once said, 'The horid doubt always arise whether the convictions of man's mind, which has devloped from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trusworthy. Would anyone trust the conviction of a monkey's mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?' In other words, if my brain is no more than that of a superior monkey, I cannot even be sure that my own theory of my origin is to be trusted.
"Here is a curious case: If Darwin's naturalism is true, there is no way of even establishing its credibility, let alone proving it. Conifdence in logic is ruled out."

The little gym construction project is proceeding merrily. Dave is at it again with his signs.


Arlyn says this sign (above) is postmodern.