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virus: Must Read Article: The Bible and the Risen Ape
« on: 2003-12-16 13:23:53 » |
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The Bible and the Risen Ape
Paul Monk on rethinking the religions of the Book
http://www.austhink.org/monk/risen_ape.htm
This is his new apostles creed extracted from this superb essay:
I believe that all deities are idols of the mind,
That blood sacrifices to them are an abomination,
That dogmas are an obstacle to enlightenment.
I believe in the plurality of worlds,
But know of none that can compare with ours
In its abundance of life.
Of a kind that has arisen,
Through countless changes and catastrophes,
Out of the primal waters of the Earth,
I acknowledge that I am of this world,
Though a brief sojourner in it.
I spring from it and pass back into it.
I recognise that my existence,
Both sentient body and sapient mind,
Is possible only as being-in-the-world.
Capable of mimesis, metaphor and music,
Of reason and responsibility,
I believe that I am neither fated nor predestined,
But am able to live for possibilities
And move intentionally toward a horizon that is open.
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Regards
Jonathan
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