Soku,

Above your head, huh? You'd be surprised at what's over the heads of many people now-days.

 

I was on a site here recently and we were getting into concepts of mysticism, sort of comparing different traditions. This new member jumps on, talking about he'd never heard the word "mysticism" before. After giving dictionary definitions, one of the others members asked the guy where he was from, since we likely all thought of this as a common term. The guys replied that he was from right here in these United States, but that he was not familiar with these "religious concepts" because he was an atheist.

 

I'm sorry, but with movies like "National Treasure" and "DiVinci Code" and the National Geographic/ History Channel stuff out, I'd imagine that you would've had to live in a sealed bottle for your whole life to never here/ read the word mysticism. That's just how I thought of his excuse.

 

What does anyone else here think? Was this guy just making excuses for his ignorance?