Philosophical Speculations

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:39 pm

Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:18 pm

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:58 pmPS: I thought the NYT article was damn good investigative journalism. Interesting that you saw it as "solely politically focused and charged with countless provocative, arguably partisan points that could be politically contested." Similar might be said about BK's recent rant about the papal decision on gay marriage. I waited more than I day for you to post it here but you didn't and so I did. Makes me suspect that you just don't like politics.

BK's Church article clearly had the kind of nuanced metaphysical focus and intention written into it that I feel should be a prerequisite here. Curiously, BK also shared that Church article on Facebook, and then explicitly stated that he was checking out of the comments section, asking folks to behave themselves

I completely agree that BK's article was full of "nuanced metaphysical focus and intention." So, why did you (or he) not post it here on the metaphysical forum?

Please remember that this is really not about you, me or BK. I'm performing a role whose mission is to shine a light on what is hidden in the dark, which often turns out to be politics.

Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:32 pm

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:21 pmThe post was made in the Essay section of this BK site of which this forum is another section. I'm not sure what you mean by "BK's blog." Does he have one?

Yes, BK's website is a blog

Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:14 pm I'm seeking some clarification here regarding the posting of newsworthy articles as topics of discussion, of the kind that one can find just about anywhere nowadays, but which have no metaphysical focus or intention written into them ~ e.g. Lou's 'topic' linking to the Covid crisis in Brazil, and another such article posted today.

ScottRoberts wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:07 pm

Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:14 pm I'm seeking some clarification here regarding the posting of newsworthy articles as topics of discussion, of the kind that one can find just about anywhere nowadays, but which have no metaphysical focus or intention written into them ~ e.g. Lou's 'topic' linking to the Covid crisis in Brazil, and another such article posted today.

I think such articles, or links to them, should not be posted. If one reads an article on a controversial topic with no metaphysical discussion within the article, but you think there is an interesting metaphysical aspect to it, you should just write a post about that aspect, with no reference to the article.

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:14 am In dream space during my afternoon nap, I received the following message:

Mission accomplished.
The Emperor has no clothes.

Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:10 pm

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:14 am In dream space during my afternoon nap, I received the following message:

Mission accomplished.
The Emperor has no clothes.

Lou ... such transparent taunting only serves to support my own dreamtime intuitions.

Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:04 pm Just bumping this up ... I'm assuming that any currently active participants who are likely to have checked this out have already done so ~ given there's 137 views and only 119 members. However, I was hoping for a bit more feedback regarding any concerns about my suggestion that when creating topics based on some topical news article, such articles should have some nuanced metaphysical focus and intention written into the article itself, and that the follow up discussion stay similarly focused. If anyone else feels this is unreasonable, please feel free to speak up ~ I won't be insulted. Otherwise I can only assume that there is no concern over this suggestion.

Eugene I wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:37 pm

Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:04 pm Just bumping this up ... I'm assuming that any currently active participants who are likely to have checked this out have already done so ~ given there's 137 views and only 119 members. However, I was hoping for a bit more feedback regarding any concerns about my suggestion that when creating topics based on some topical news article, such articles should have some nuanced metaphysical focus and intention written into the article itself, and that the follow up discussion stay similarly focused. If anyone else feels this is unreasonable, please feel free to speak up ~ I won't be insulted. Otherwise I can only assume that there is no concern over this suggestion.

I totally support this.

Just one other suggestion/option. Another way we can approach this is to create a separate section to discuss topics not directly related to metaphysics. This is often done on other thematical forums. There is of course a good chance that it might become difficult to moderate and people will start discussing politics and other similar hot topics which may lead to heated discussions. I understand that this might be too much burden to handle for our admin and moderator, so I would leave it to their discretion.