Thursday, March 29, 2007

When Belief Counts

Experience matters more than belief to both the mystic and the scientist, but to the priest -- he thinks he's accomplished something when he believes in God.

Posted by Paul Sunstone at 4:54 AM

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2 comments:

B said...

Yes, good point, Paul. It's not the symbol that matters, it's the experience to which the symbol is supposed to point that matters.

March 29, 2007 10:20 AM
Paul Sunstone said...

I agree, Brendan. What is it in human nature that so often leads us to confuse the finger pointing to the moon with the moon itself? I suspect we would need a psychologist or a neuroscientist to answer that one.

April 01, 2007 1:37 AM

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