On Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 4:07:55 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 9/4/2019 1:11 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 3 Sep 2019, at 21:44, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On 9/3/2019 9:31 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >>> I define the religion/theology of the machine M by the set of true > propositions about M, and its mathematical structure. > >> In the mean time billions of people define religion/theology as the > study of superhuman person(s) who issue moral commandments. > > That was a Tyran trick to train people obeying to them. So why do you > take this seriously. > > I take it seriously because it drives the lives and politics of large > regions of the world. It causes over-population, war, and anti-science > attitudes all over the world. > > The question is why do you give it cover and legitimize thoughtless > belief based on ancient authorities by using the word "religion" to > describe something that has nothing to do with what all those believers > call religion, when there is a perfectly good word for what you do, i.e. > "metaphysics". > > Brent > > > > > The christian student of Hypatia were divided into civilised people > discussing math, physics and reality, and radicals defending the use of > terrestrial authoritarian means to covert people by terror and violence, > together with the exploitation of the (natural) fear of death, and > (artificial, based on lies) fear of the others. > > > > Millions of people have believed that Earth is flat, but here, people > accept that they were wrong when the got the data and the explanations. The > same can be done with any concept. Only radicals dislike that move, because > their agenda is control, not the search of truth. > > > > Bruno > > > > >
I guess I would second this. To the extent there has been philosophy in Christian religion it is largely because Aquinas and others brought it in with Aristotle and the rest. Yet really the bible is not a terribly philosophical book, except for maybe some of Psalms and Ecclesiastes, and it is largely a set of mythic narratives. LC -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/95e26044-d61e-4b5c-82ae-59414a508fc0%40googlegroups.com.
