Jack Cummins

I logged out once, but I am back. Obviously, you don't have to join the bus but I do try to see the lighter side of it all. I have my dark moments but...

It makes me wonder about internet exchange because I know atheists and religious people who can spend time interacting. But, I will try to put in an e...

I think that could be a song for the end of todays journeying!

I think that Gnostism is an interesting part of the debate. But, while there is serious debate, I think that we need to keep a certain amount of humou...

I think that we all could do with a glass of wine really. I am not sure how much further the thread will go, but I do wish to keep it as focused as it...

I read 'Totem and Taboo' a long time ago. I am about to log out because it is late at night where I am, but I will send you a further reply tomorrow.

We seem to have reached highway 14 safely. The bus driver is resting for tonight, and hope all the passengers rest safely.

The bus has been involved in a crash. I think that I saw a motorbike coming along in the mirror. But, I think that there is only a dent, and no one hu...

I tried to create a link but couldn't do it because I think that I would probably need a mouse, to save it to my device.However, I don't know if anyon...

Thanks for adding the poem, which adds variety to the thread. Your poem rhymes as well, which is almost unusual these days.

I think that the way in which a book doesn't always focus on a specific research question can be frustrating. At times, I have kept looking for books ...

Are you really on the mods' black list? I have not abandoned the thread, but just having a breathing space. I am also trying to keep the thread on top...

I think that some people are beginning to prefer summarised idea, such as those in Wikipedia. However, while it can be useful to find such summaries i...

I won't go into much detail because I don't wish to derail the thread but I think that evidence practice can be very shallow. On a short course I did,...

I know a number of people who are training to become clinical psychologists, and some who are qualified ones. In England, it is extremely competitive ...

I often like to think that I am not afraid of death, and the worst form of death I can imagine is suicide. That is because it would be a life ended in...

I don't regard myself as psychologist, especially as I am not a professional clinical psychologist. My background is mainly in psychiatric nursing but...

When I was undertaking art therapy training, I did have some personal therapy which involved lying on the couch, and it was incredibly wierd. Lying do...

I think that there are probably differences of opinion about Freud's ideas within philosophy. Personally, I think that his ideas and Jung are very use...

Air has particles and, glass is not invisible, but is merely transparent, or we would walk through it accidentally, and knock over any empty glasses. ...

When you speak of the non physical, which you do fairly frequently, I often wonder if what you mean is the invisible. For example, so cannot be seen, ...

I think that the ideas of angels and demons is extremely interesting indeed. I may end up being accused of going off topic, or even 'tripping' again, ...

I did art based on the 'Book of Revelation' when I was on an art therapy course. I am better at drawing devils than angels really, and Blake said that...

I think that Freud is an extremely important thinker and I even created a thread on his ideas about 6 months ago. Generally, he made such an important...

I am glad it is a joke, as it shocked the when I woke up. I had just worked out how to vote and was thinking about trying to click hearts to save peop...

So, are you planning to exit everyone who doesn't get a vote by July as that is in the next few days? It is almost the end of June and I thought that ...

It seems simply horrible and it is turning it into a popularity contest. As far as I can see it is far worse than the idea proposed of banning people ...

Are you serious that if someone doesn't get any votes in a month that they will be banned. As it is, most of the members have a 0 by their name, and t...

I think that we can think about dividing the mind into parts, such as done by Freud and Jung, but it is important to remember the they are only ways o...

For anyone who is still interested after I drove the bus into the wilderness yesterday, I just wish to mention the ideas about the 'Book of Revelation...

I will look at it tomorrow, as I am hoping that this thread is not finished immediately, because I do believe that it involves important questions abo...

I have just looked at the thread this evening, and I think that beliefs are complicated. Some go back to claims of authority, especially the Bible, wh...

Okay, I will look at your previous posts, because I wish to go forward but don't wish to go off on a magic bus. I will look further tomorrow because I...

I have to admit that I have only a very limited knowledge of liberation theology. I will look further at it in the book I have on contextual theology....

I definitely don't wish to go beyond words, and enter the dimensions of the unspeakable. But, I I don't play tennis, so I need some kind of new net or...

How should be more philosophical? I am not entirely clear, as I do believe In looking from many viewpoints, reason and symbolic. Can we step outside o...

I do believe that the symbolic dimension is an important aspect of life which is sometime missed in the emphasis upon reason. Reason and imagination a...

I completely agree, and I do believe that any thinking about religious experience is connected to the experience of those individuals. Unfortunately, ...

I think that philosophy will survive probably for as long as humanity does, even though it may be defined and redefined. I do believe that some think ...

One aspect which I may introduce into this discussion is one book which I have read on a Jungian interpretation of 'The Book of Revelation'. I believe...

I believe that looking for reliable information and accounts in history is extremely important. However, I don't think that it is an easy task because...

I definitely think that the facts of the Bible and history are an extremely useful aspect to this discussion. But, the religious experience, as explor...

You say that, 'The historical record does not stand or fail on whether these stories are believed to be a true and accurate account of what happened.'...

I have drawn out the basic ideas, adding a couple of ideas of my own,although the article is much longer. Of course, the view of Reid is only one, so ...

I think that we are back with an underlying philosophy problem. Some people appreciate the position of the idea of God, and Christ, as expressed in th...

I have just managed to look at the Les Reid article, so I will draw out the main ideas. He argues that 'statements and attitudes in the Bible are expr...

I agree that not all of Biblical accounts are about revelation, and there is indeed a curious mixture. I also think that the idea of God being part hu...

I will try to look at the original Les Reid article, , because I have one left in what I am allowed to log into. So, I am being careful about accident...

I just had a look at the'God' issue of 'Philosophy Now', and most of it appears to come down to the debate between theism and atheism. However, in one...

Thanks for your reply. I have to laugh a bit at the idea of me being so busy now because in some ways I have more free time than usual. If I manage to...