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Re: Please pray Twitter bans Richard Dawkins.
Now when it comes to theological matters, I try to be very sensitive. These touch on peoples very sense of self, and identity, and we don't wish to be too offensive. At the same time, we must acknowledge that not everyone is at an agreement on the divine objective reality. Some people believe this god exists, some believe that god exists, and some don't believe in any gods what-so-ever. What we should all be able to agree on is that prayer is a very personal affair. It has been with our species for thousands of years, and there are many types of prayer. The prayer of supplication, the one that we're looking at here, is perhaps one of the oldest. People have been trying to trick, to plead with, and to convince higher powers to bend the universe to our very limited will. And there are many different types of supplications. Song, tears, and of course blood. In this more "Civil" contemporary society it is considered a touch unhygienic and uncouth to carry about too many anatomical sacrifices. So I suggest you leave that particular method alone. While we may not agree one which god(s) exist or that god(s) exist at all, I think we can also agree that the idea of a god is powerful enough itself. It can move entire nations. It can make men and women do practically anything. Good or Evil. And if you do so choose to pray to a god. Keep in mind that you might be imbuing the idea of them with a touch more reality than it is safe for mankind. It would not do, to pay them so much attention. Because they might pay attention to you. And I believe that is all I have to say on the matter.
Now when it comes to theological matters, I try to be very sensitive. These touch on peoples very sense of self, and identity, and we don't wish to be too offensive. At the same time, we must acknowledge that not everyone is at an agreement on the divine objective reality. Some people believe this god exists, some believe that god exists, and some don't believe in any gods what-so-ever. What we should all be able to agree on is that prayer is a very personal affair. It has been with our species for thousands of years, and there are many types of prayer. The prayer of supplication, the one that we're looking at here, is perhaps one of the oldest. People have been trying to trick, to plead with, and to convince higher powers to bend the universe to our very limited will. And there are many different types of supplications. Song, tears, and of course blood. In this more "Civil" contemporary society it is considered a touch unhygienic and uncouth to carry about too many anatomical sacrifices. So I suggest you leave that particular method alone. While we may not agree one which god(s) exist or that god(s) exist at all, I think we can also agree that the idea of a god is powerful enough itself. It can move entire nations. It can make men and women do practically anything. Good or Evil. And if you do so choose to pray to a god. Keep in mind that you might be imbuing the idea of them with a touch more reality than it is safe for mankind. It would not do, to pay them so much attention. Because they might pay attention to you. And I believe that is all I have to say on the matter.
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