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Originally Posted by crowonapost
To most persons not already Theosophists, no doctrine appears
more singular than that of Reincarnation, i.e., that each man is
repeatedly born into earth-life; for the usual belief is that we
are here but once, and once for all determine our future. And
yet it is abundantly clear that one life, even if prolonged, is
no more adequate to gain knowledge, acquire experience, solidify
principle, and form character than would one day in infancy be
adequate to fit for the duties of mature manhood.
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Fallacy 1: This guy assume life has an agenda, an intention, a purpose
Fallacy 2: somehow that purpose to to "get knowledge", which neither exists not is a sufficient condition
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Originally Posted by crowonapost
Any man can make this even clearer by estimating, on the one
hand, the probable future which Nature contemplates for humanity,
and on the other, his present preparation for it. That future
includes evidently two things -- an elevation of the individual
to god-like excellence, and his gradual apprehension of the
Universe of Truth.
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This is also bullshit, completely unsubstantiated. See Fallacies 1 and 2
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Originally Posted by crowonapost
His present preparation therefore consists of a very imperfect
knowledge of a very small department of one form of existence,
and that mainly gained through the partial use of misleading
senses;
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How could senses be misleading? Cartesian dualism is only to going to make me disagree with you more. Alright, I'm done, I guess I'm not "patient" but I read too much philosophy to be interrupted by this moron and these REALLY fantastically stupid basely useless ideas.