Spirituality
09 Apr 22
@fmf saidIf we cannot be questioned on any topic, we have our heads up a body part that should be anatomically impossible to do. Every truth presented should be able to stand up to all the scrutiny thrown at it. This word gets thrown around here as if the one using it is insulting the one they are talking to in a discussion. If it is a discussion, why is the word dogma being used? If truth is under discussion, it should still be questioned, even if all we do is confirm its truthfulness. If we cannot have a truth that we believe in, then why question anything, nothing will ever come from it?
Dogma and ideology, in most cases, serve the purpose of delegitimizing doubt and dissent. This strikes me, at best, as being an odd thing to do in the realm of spiritual questions.
@kellyjay saidWhy do you feel that you cannot question or be questioned on any topic?
If we cannot be questioned on any topic, we have our heads up a body part that should be anatomically impossible to do. Every truth presented should be able to stand up to all the scrutiny thrown at it. This word gets thrown around here as if the one using it is insulting the one they are talking to in a discussion. If it is a discussion, why is the word dogma being used? If ...[text shortened]... cannot have a truth that we believe in, then why question anything, nothing will ever come from it?
As for dogma, it’s just a word and no words are “bad words”.
Religiously dogmatic people do generally seem to be inflexible in their beliefs and have stopped seeking. In fact some, as you eloquently point out, do seem to “have [thier] heads up a body part that should be anatomically impossible to do”
09 Apr 22
@divegeester saidI can be questioned; the only time here I didn't want to go down different paths of discussion was to avoid rabbit holes that would lead away from the topic I had started. When other questions came up, I thought I would do that. I suggested starting another thread, and I have zero concern about addressing anything. I'd prefer it to be an honest discussion that stays on topic and not morph into something where motivation, intelligence, or other personal things become the topic under discussion.
Why do you feel that you cannot question or be questioned on any topic?
As for dogma, it’s just a word and no words are “bad words”.
Religiously dogmatic people do generally seem to be inflexible in their beliefs and have stopped seeking. In fact some, as you eloquently point out, do seem to “have [thier] heads up a body part that should be anatomically impossible to do”
09 Apr 22
@kellyjay saidI’m completely agree, hence my replies to you in another thread that you stay on my topic and start a new thread about whatever you want to discuss.
the only time here I didn't want to go down different paths of discussion was to avoid rabbit holes that would lead away from the topic I had started.