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On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 9:52:07 AM UTC-7, Sawfish wrote:
> On 9/30/23 8:35 AM, bmoore wrote:
> > On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 12:16:31 PM UTC-7, jdeluise wrote:
> >> bmoore <
bmo...@nyx.net> writes:
> >>
> >>> I am trying to discuss my beliefs, not prove anything to you.
> >>>
> >>> When you brought up that your folks were part time Zen Buddhists, I
> >>> engaged you. Should I stop?
> >> It`s not too difficult. If Jesus is more than a symbolic avatar as you
> >> so confidently asserted, you should have something concrete to back it
> >> up.
> > Spirituality is personal, not something one "proves" in a
mathematical or scientific sense.
> I can buy that.
>
> It occurs to me that in the higher animals there may be a threshold for
> what we loosely term spirituality. It might be that chimps have some
> rudimentary feelings of spiritual awe in some situations.
>
> Or maybe it`s possible that mankind represents the boundary, and that
> we`re the only animate life form on earth to possess spirituality?
I lean that way, but it`s a tough question.
> What do you think?
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