Capt. Mooron wrote:

Wally..... you make an argument for the existence of a God every time
you create art.

No, I make a piece of art. The idea that creation of art is an argument for
the existence of god assumes that god has something to do with the creation
of art in the first place - it doesn't argue for his existence, it
presupposes it. I'm sorry, but I just don't think like that. I prefer to
understand it in terms of what's *given* - I engage in the creative process,
and something 'artistic' results.


...
You cannot in good conscience experience all that I have and state
that there is no higher guiding spiritual force at work!!! ...

With respect, you have no idea what I've experienced other than what I've
divulged here (and elsewhere online). I think the world/universe is a
wonderful, fabulous thing, but I prefer to not postulate an entity or force
that is 'guiding' or 'spritual' to account for it, or my experience of it.
Too worldly.


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Wally
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