"Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it." - Flannery O'Connor
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby [b]Sad but true, some hold this point of view:
"Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it." - Flannery O'Connor
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby [b]Sad but true, some hold this point of view:
"Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it." - Flannery O'Connor
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby [b]Sad but true, some hold this point of view:
"Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it." - Flannery O'Connor
gb[/b]
This line was spoken by a character in her first novel (Wise Blood) who founds a church called The Church of God Without Christ.
Originally posted by JS357 This line was spoken by a character in her first novel (Wise Blood) who founds a church called The Church of God Without Christ.
Originally posted by divegeester You're saying grampy bobby is not original...?
GB attributed it to her, the author, but this does not mean she was expressing her view. I wanted to help clarify that. Apparently (ref: wikipedia) she was a devout Christian all her short life. I think it expresses the existential meaningless that many Christians say that the nonbeliever confronts, a meaninglessness that Christianity defeats, for its followers.
Originally posted by JS357 GB attributed it to her, the author, but this does not mean she was expressing her view. I wanted to help clarify that. Apparently (ref: wikipedia) she was a devout Christian all her short life. I think it expresses the existential meaningless that many Christians say that the nonbeliever confronts, a meaninglessness that Christianity defeats, for its followers.
Existensialism . Now that would be a great debate topic😉
Originally posted by JS357 Well, that didn't work but its the thread number, the OP is titled Spirituality and Existentialism and you were one of the posters to it.
Are you claiming karoly aczel exists because he posts?
Originally posted by karoly aczel Yeah well i guess we tried. Made a little dent. Lemonjello summed it up pretty well in the end.
Yes, he did, in reaction to a poster's need to believe in an external source of meaning instead of realizing the source is oneself. Even the choice to place the source outside oneself, is our own to make or not.
Originally posted by JS357 Yes, he did, in reaction to a poster's need to believe in an external source of meaning instead of realizing the source is oneself. Even the choice to place the source outside oneself, is our own to make or not.
20 Jul '12 18:32
Sad but true, some hold this point of view:
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