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WT Sharpe · 06-13-2010, 09:42 AM

One of the problems with intuitive knowledge of transcendent reality is inconsistency. I may intuitively know that the Almightly Creator is male. Another may know intuitively that the Almighty is female. I may intuitively know that reality is one, another may know intuitively that reality has a dualistic or even pluralisic nature. But even if all humanity were intuitively in agreement on the nature of the transcendent, what would this prove? It would only prove that humans were hardwired by nature to conceive the nature of things beyond their ken in a similar manner. It would in no wise be a proof as to the validity of their intuitive "knowledge".

Reality is under no obligation to conform to human needs, desires, abstractions, or intuitions.

06-13-2010, 09:42 AM	#329
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	One of the problems with intuitive knowledge of transcendent reality is inconsistency. I may intuitively know that the Almightly Creator is male. Another may know intuitively that the Almighty is female. I may intuitively know that reality is one, another may know intuitively that reality has a dualistic or even pluralisic nature. But even if all humanity were intuitively in agreement on the nature of the transcendent, what would this prove? It would only prove that humans were hardwired by nature to conceive the nature of things beyond their ken in a similar manner. It would in no wise be a proof as to the validity of their intuitive "knowledge". Reality is under no obligation to conform to human needs, desires, abstractions, or intuitions. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 06-13-2010 at 01:18 PM.