Agnosticism should be the "religion" of the state.
On 2 December 2013 11:33, Alberto G. Corona <[email protected]> wrote: > Government by the Rule of Law (of physics) I would say. > > There is much much in the relation between the republican idea of society, > and pragmatical atheism of the contractualists Hobbes, rousseau, Locke > (let the state work without religion), that later became ideological > (atheism is the religion of the state). > > The idea of ruling society by laws was probably inspired by newtonian > phisics (but not by newtonian theology) and the market economy. what is > initially science or experience can become a myth that organize a society. > > But this gobernment by rules is a hopeful ideal. In other words, a myth. > But a myth necessary for the state religion. Whenever there are laws there > is a sovereingh lawyers. "The people" in "democracy" is such lawyer say the > modern wishfulthinker. That is nothing but another two myths. hypostases, > something that does not exist bu in the mind by an effort of faith for the > purpose of social cooperation. > > So to summarize, the human mind can not live withouth myths. If he reject > the given ones, he invent its own. > > > > > 2013/12/1 LizR <[email protected]> > >> Because there are no obvious signs of government in the universe, I would >> say. >> >> >> >> On 2 December 2013 10:29, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How can a grown man be an atheist ? >>> >>> An atheist is a person who believes that the universe can >>> function without some form of government. >>> >>> How silly. >>> >>> >>> Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] >>> See my Leibniz site at >>> http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> <http://www.avast.com/> >>> >>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! >>> Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/>protection is active. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Everything List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Alberto. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
