_jake wrote:
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Cultivate the extrauniversal point of view.
There is no extrauniversal point of view for one without god. God is the only thing that may be said to exist outside the universe. Without god, everything is within the universe. I cultivate a universal point of view.
Your privilege - nay, your duty unless and until the balance of evidence swings.
In which case, perhaps cultivate a terrestrial point of view? Local systems can and do seem directional for quite a while. That flurry of aggressive rugged triumphalism around the turn of the 20th century, for example.
The universe qua universe is a zero sum crap game and could be seen to be depressing.
20 Aug 2011, 10:28 am
