Santolina chamaecyparissus wrote:
On Jul 27, 5:35 am, Stuart Lavin <yabba_dabba_ding_d...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
On Jul 27, 3:23 am, Santolina chamaecyparissus <santol...@juno.com>
wrote:
There *could* be just about anything imaginable in this vast
universe. So what? Absent a palpable connection to a specific
religious claim about god/God all such speculation is a waste of time.
Sure, I guess it comes down to how pressing I find that *could*. It
would never, ever prey on my mind that there might be fairies hidden
away somewhere. But occasionally, recently, I have thought to myself,
"I don't really understand how or why the universe exists... what if
some sort of superhuman 'god' figure really *was* involved, in some
way I don't understand yet?"
What if some superhuman figure was involved in *any* event you don't
fully understand?
(snip)
===>A major problem is that of definition, as well as the
matter of translation/interpretation.
E.g. the extraterrestrial beings referred to in the Bible ad
Sumerian/Babylonian mythology are understood as being "gods". -- L.
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