03 Jul 22
@fmf saidIf you can not know the truth about anything how can you make a decision on anything you cannot make up your mind on what is truth? You are forever speculating never coming to knowledge.
Is being open-minded* on spiritual or philosophical matters a positive or a negative thing; is it a strength or a weakness?
* Three other questions: replace "open-minded" with [1] sceptical [2] robust [3] reflective.
03 Jul 22
@fmf saidJMHO - being open minded a positive strength. I always felt that when one is finished learning, they are finished living.
Is being open-minded* on spiritual or philosophical matters a positive or a negative thing; is it a strength or a weakness?
* Three other questions: replace "open-minded" with [1] sceptical [2] robust [3] reflective.
04 Jul 22
@fmf saidYes and no.
Is being open-minded* on spiritual or philosophical matters a positive or a negative thing; is it a strength or a weakness?
* Three other questions: replace "open-minded" with [1] sceptical [2] robust [3] reflective.
For me, being "open-minded" means fathoming your thought process that led you to posing the question.
So what is it I'm thinking when I answer the question this way: ?
Being open-minded is a strength when considering all available information and possible options of outcomes.
Being open-minded is a weakness when false information is factored in when arriving at conclusions.
Now I'm asking myself, after all the auxiliary thinking that went into producing an answer to your question was finished, did I actually answer correctly? Could I have found a better rationale? How else could I have worded the answer to best express what I'm thinking without making it sound like an argument in support of my own pathetic personal opinion?
I might also add the question, is there only one right answer to every question? Like maybe there's an absolute final answer that over-arches every conceivable question and lays to rest all questions?
God?
Doesn't necessarily mean the end of questions. For example: why don't I like this post of mine? 😕
04 Jul 22
@fmf saidYou're merely echoing a sentiment held by those with no faith.
Open-minded people would be wise to be sceptical about what is declared to be "false" by people who profess your religious ideology.
While that sentiment may sound wise, and to that way of thinking be a product of an open-mind, it is much rather a devise of skepticism as a result of close-mindedness.
For example: while saying you don't know, (that God exists), you hold to a thought process that bases skepticism about a profession on a certainty that God doesn't exist.
That's not wise.
04 Jul 22
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@FMF
You're diverging. Of course you'll disagree with that.
Going back to the OP; my mind is open. I sometimes question the reality of that of which I'm convinced. I think that's only natural given the frailty of the mind and the nature of this present age.
Then I close my eyes and see. I stop my ears and hear.
04 Jul 22
@fmf saidDeflecting as usual.
No, I'm not. But, yeah, just bail out of whatever you were on about, I don't mind
You usually last about four or five posts, then you get lost and start the blame game.
Apparently you were just pretending to be sincere.