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MineralMan

(149,640 posts)

11. I'm surprised you didn't include his name in your post.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2018, 04:50 PM

Dec 2018

Why the omission? You realize that you can excerpt more than one paragraph, right? Have you read much of Meister Eckhart's writings? Are you familiar with his work? Or did you just find this article and drop it in here for some other reason?

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Why a 14th-century mystic appeals to today's 'spiritual but not religious' Americans [View all] guillaumeb Dec 2018 OP

Thanks. dae Dec 2018 #1

You are welcome. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #3

Thanks again, I've looked him up and will read up on him as well. dae Dec 2018 #4

well, i guess i am a brownist. reading in a 1891 encyclopdia britannica. pansypoo53219 Dec 2018 #2

Yes, organized religions such as yours are hemorrhaging numbers. trotsky Dec 2018 #5

Yes, the rigid dogma meme. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #7

Not my meme. trotsky Dec 2018 #9

... Major Nikon Dec 2018 #6

Now that is a great one. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #8

I first encountered the writings of Meister Eckhart MineralMan Dec 2018 #10

I'm surprised you didn't include his name in your post. MineralMan Dec 2018 #11