On 9/4/2011 6:25 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote:
On 04.09.2011 07:51 meekerdb said the following:
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If that's what you're trying you're giving aid and comfort to the
enemy. Every religious fundamentalist in America hates materialism
and believes in an immaterial spirit, distinct from brain processes,
which is responsible for our thoughts and actions.
You know, I was raised in the USSR where the official religion was atheism and
materialism. The results were disastrous.
All official religions are disasterous because they are tools to control people.
Hence you could take the existence of people in the USA who "believe in an immaterial
spirit, distinct from brain processes" positively. After all, they are working hard and
contribute to prosperity.
I have no problem with people who believe that, although I think the evidence is that it
is otiose. But religious fundamentalist in the U.S. are working hard to make their
religion official - and I do have a problem with that.
In any case, I do not think that the ideology should affect reasoning.
Should reason affect ideology?
Brent
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