http://www.possibilian.com/
http://wikibin.org/a...ibilianism.html
Heard about this on the radio this morning
Apparently this word never existed 7 months ago - not even on Google - as it was created only recently with the printing of Eagleman's fiction book (called "Sum") and "Possibilianism" is now an accepted word to celebrate human ignorance, and there also Facebook Groups for Possibilians so it the idea has quite a following.
I guess it's better to be a Possibilian than an atheist or agnostic, but maybe not so good if it means examining and rejecting truth one has been brought up with - which is what Eagleman challenges people to do.
It is based on Eagleman's work of fiction. I guess it is an interesting concept in some ways to challenge our inherited belief systems, but I think most thinking Christians/Christadelphians who are sensitive to the Lord and His Word do that naturally anyway........
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 09:09 AM
"....when you Think of Things, you find sometimes that the Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it" (A A Milne)
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" Philippians 2:3
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" Philippians 2:3
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 09:20 AM
What's the difference between a possibilian and an agnostic, then?
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 09:27 AM
Jeremy, on Sep 10 2009, 10:20 AM, said:
What's the difference between a possibilian and an agnostic, then?
"....when you Think of Things, you find sometimes that the Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it" (A A Milne)
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" Philippians 2:3
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" Philippians 2:3
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 09:29 AM
LOL. Dawn, I was expecting some detailed explanation!
Perhaps the possibilian says, "Well, it could be true", whereas the agnostic says. "We can't really know".
Perhaps the possibilian says, "Well, it could be true", whereas the agnostic says. "We can't really know".
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 10:08 AM
Sounds like 'Possibilianism' = 'sitting-on-the-fence ism'.
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 10:17 AM
Jeremy, on Sep 10 2009, 10:29 AM, said:
LOL. Dawn, I was expecting some detailed explanation!
Perhaps the possibilian says, "Well, it could be true", whereas the agnostic says. "We can't really know".
Perhaps the possibilian says, "Well, it could be true", whereas the agnostic says. "We can't really know".
"....when you Think of Things, you find sometimes that the Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it" (A A Milne)
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" Philippians 2:3
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" Philippians 2:3
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 06:48 PM
dayshakiwi, on Sep 10 2009, 11:21 AM, said:
Good old Dayshakiwi, well done for providing this but have you got an emoticon somewhere for this one?
I think there should be one on BTDF because there is quote a lot of "fence sitting" from time to time, or is that just my cynical perspective? Probably!
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Edited by Alethinos, 10 September 2009 - 06:49 PM.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: James 1:19
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. Colosians 4:6
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. Colosians 4:6
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Posted 11 September 2009 - 12:32 AM
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Posted 11 September 2009 - 07:53 AM
Over to Kay.
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
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Posted 11 September 2009 - 09:27 AM
Ken Gilmore, on Sep 10 2009, 12:00 PM, said:
I must have been asleep when this movement was spawned. Let's see what David Eagleman has to say in his book Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlife. No, I haven't bought it. I've merely read a small excerpt, so it is possible I may be misjudging it. Perhaps.
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In the afterlife you discover that God understands the complexities of life. She had originally submitted to peer pressure when She structured Her universe like all the other gods had, with a binary categorization of people into good and evil. But it didn’t take long for Her to realize that humans could be good in many ways and simultaneously corrupt and meanspirited in other ways. How was She to arbitrate who goes to Heaven and who to Hell?
The most important aspect of Her new system is that everyone is treated equally. There is no longer fire for some and harp music for others. The afterlife is no longer defined by cots versus waterbeds, raw potatoes versus sushi, hot water versus champagne. Everyone is a brother to all, and for the first time an idea has been realized that never came to fruition on Earth: true equality. <1>
The most important aspect of Her new system is that everyone is treated equally. There is no longer fire for some and harp music for others. The afterlife is no longer defined by cots versus waterbeds, raw potatoes versus sushi, hot water versus champagne. Everyone is a brother to all, and for the first time an idea has been realized that never came to fruition on Earth: true equality. <1>
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I never thought I would say this, but I actually prefer the strident atheism of Richard Dawkins to this nonsense. At least he unapologetically stands for something.
"....when you Think of Things, you find sometimes that the Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it" (A A Milne)
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" Philippians 2:3
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" Philippians 2:3
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