On 12/11/2013 1:32 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
Whit episodic periods of massacres, genocides and other massive
crimes, he would have added. I recommend you to add this to your
mantra.
Yes, religious wars and genocides based on theology. That's why Dacey referred to
"post-Christian" europe.
these "little" inconveniences are what I was talking about in the last
paragrah. But this is not the main point.. I recommend to read the
article, that is the key for what I was trying to show about
mythopoesis, that is one aspect of human nature and reality that the
science is not willing to accept as subject of study.
2013/12/11, meekerdb <[email protected]>:
On 12/11/2013 12:22 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
The author of the essay say, definitively, yes.
The original article is here: It is long but it is worth reading, to
see how the myths of modernity generate violence by unrealistic
expectations.
http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/1575/full
An interesting article, rather like Christopher Hitchens debunking Mother Teresa - but
less damning.
Brent
"True, secular values can turn a civilization inside out. In post-Christian
Europe, entire
nations have been plunged into endemic health, skyrocketing education and
hopelessly low
rates of violent crime."
--- Austin Dacey, NY Times 3 Feb 2006
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