Aargh!
Okay okay, so okay… I mean how dense!
How does one penetrate an obtuse obstinate and oblivious “obo” with a fresh breath of the obvious if she is so obnoxiously obfuscated in her observations… Ewwww!
Susan Jacoby obviates transcendence with her immanent profundity and expertise and wisdom. She writes:
“Atheists deny the possibility of “transcendent” experience. They can’t see beyond the material world. This stereotype is partially true, but it all depends on what you mean by transcendent. If the concept is understood, as it is by many religious believers, as an experience that goes beyond and defies the usual limits of nature [Whoa!! "USUAL" limits of nature?!!! Um, where do you get off on that bit of garnish? Won't you please define each of those pretty little words you just used, I'd like to know... -IAT] –including time, space, and the flesh-and-blood essence of human beings, then atheists do not accept the transcendent. But if the word is understood as something that pushes us beyond our everyday experience–that enables us to scale previously unknown heights of love, creativity, or wonder at what other members of our species have created, how could any man or woman of reason deny the possibility? We simply believe that such experience lie within, not outside of, nature.” Etc…
