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Well, in that line of thinking, looking at our conversations I am left wondering, what does it say that we are asking these question or seeing these contradictions or imperfections, ya know, the ones we think possible that he somehow missed?
I understand the idea of understanding from experience, hind sight is 20/20 type thing, its just that we know humans are imperfect, or perfect in their imperfection, but its god who either claims not to be or these followers that may be imagining him in the first place, but since he is claimed to be lacking imperfection is it fair to let him off as if he were a small minded probable ape descendant?
I think so, if the rules of forgiveness and acceptance actually mean more than those of "justice" and persecution, revenge, etc.
I often try to look at such ideas as tolerance, and forgiveness from a posistion of someone who has lost someone, like if you were strapped down in front of you pregnant wife as she is being raped before being executed in front of your eyes, as well as other children of yours and or dear family members.
And once I regain control of my heart rate and can see straight again, I try to take it all into perspective.
I can come away not hating anyone untill I perhaps hear the reasoning, words, circumstances and emotions of such a "terrorist" mind who could actually do such things. Which could strengthen or lessen the overall emotional effect of the "victim" perspective and add or detract at least some scrap of rational reasoning to the act as well.
The reason I was going off on this is because I got to thinking about such a concept as peace, and was thinking of what it would take to overcome such things as the generations of violent hatred as found in the middle east.
Unfortunately, when doing so I find myself right back in the middle of a seemingly hopeless, if not the epitamy of hopless relgious arguments.
"The Greatest Enemy of Knowledge is Not Ignorance, It is the ILLUSION of Knowledge. Stephen Hawking"
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