what is the difference.....

[sonflour_2001]

Me guess it just depends on categories. Some scientific theories could be considered the ramblings of a schizo as well.
Really if we're being reeeeaaally reductionist, any form of knowledge (because that's all religion, science, philosophy and other schools are) can be reduced to the ramblings of mad men because all knowledge is compromised in some way shape form or fashion. Why? Because none of us can perfectly KNOW anything...
So in a way all of us are working off some faith based mode of knowing or relating to our world whether we wanna admit to it or not...
Even the surest theories have an element of uncertainty. A "technically" or an "actually" that compromises our complete understanding of anything. Because of this in many ways "rational" thinking is seemingly just as crazy and unreliable in many cases as religious faith seems to be.
I guess it's all just a matter of what we think we know or can be certain of...

i.e. Grass is generally green. Actually...that's really a matter of perception of light. You see how fast certainties can fail us. So from that point of view all of us are a bit mad.
(Insert deranged laughter here...)
Good thread James.


Deondra

[jamesfrmphilly]

Originally Posted by natirnr

MALCOM X SAID A TRITE DISCUSSION OF ATHEISM VS DEISM IS DIVISIVE TO OUR STRUGGLE

if he said that, he was wrong

[natirnr]

Now!
, you know more then Malcom X, huh?????
Well, I used to not be able to see further then my nose either, i know what you mean,
hey let's stop argueing and go out and have us a couple of cold ones, i'm buying!

[jamesfrmphilly]

Originally Posted by natirnr

you know more then Malcolm X, huh?????

he was a man was he not? he worshiped an arab did he not? i know mecca is not in africa.
i know that no man is infallible, not even myself.

since when is it a bad thing for blackman to think for himself?

[natirnr]

looka here, I will, ship the case of beers up to Phillie to you and to sho I aint no bad, cousin I will throw in a roundtrip all expense paid trip to Brazil fo yah!

[slickbitty]

Originally Posted by jamesfrmphilly

how do you know whose voice it is that a schizophrenic hears?

i don't know...my aunt - who is one - says she hears about 4-5 different ones....I'm not making light, but it's true, and she's not religious, never has been.

[DBlack]

Originally Posted by jamesfrmphilly

between a deeply religious person and a schizophrenic...?

Couldn't really say because I've never known a schizo,

Perhaps a fairer question is, based on the exchanges in this thread; have you ever been either?

If not, then I'm somewhat taken back by your assumption to know so much about either....

[MadameX]

Originally Posted by Afro Saxon

Voodoo was not purely African. Anyway your post seemed like an sophisticated manner of avoiding backing your point.
It can end here, I'm not really religious nor anti religion, so honestly the topic isn't very important to me.

Well Stated Brotha Afro. I agree with your point that the individual did an excellent job on deviating from the original point since it's not versed on Pan Africanism & History.

[MadameX]

Originally Posted by DBlack

Couldn't really say because I've never known a schizo,

Perhaps a fairer question is, based on the exchanges in this thread; have you ever been either?

If not, then I'm somewhat taken back by your assumption to know so much about either....

Great Response D-Black.

[jamesfrmphilly]

Originally Posted by DBlack

then I'm somewhat taken back by your assumption to know so much about either....

where did you see me make any assumptions?