<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It was his articulation of ethics without religion that had the most
> important influence on me. Have you read it?
No, just asking on the basis of the bit that was
quoted, assuming that was representative of his
outlook. I was curious about what you thought
before reading it that made it revelatory for you.
So I guess I'd ask a similar question based on your
response above: Had you previously believed that
ethics without religion was impossible, or
inferior?
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues"
> > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I love this guy. His book "the transcendental Temptation" was
such
> > > an important piece of my intellectual discovery after leaving
the
> > > movement.
> >
> > Before you read the book, you thought it was up to
> > you to *disprove* the existence of God, otherwise you
> > had no right to be skeptical?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thank you for posting this.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "matrixmonitor"
> > > <matrixmonitor@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "purushaz" <purushaz@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Free Inquiry", p 31, June/July 2006; "Why I am a Skeptic
about
> > > > Religous Claims" by Paul Kurtz:
> > > > "
> > > > Succinctly, I maintain that the skeptical inquirer is dubious
of
> > the
> > > > claims ...
> > > > 1. that God exists;
> > > > 2. that he is a person;
> > > > 3. that our ultimate moral principles are derived from God;
> > > > 4. that faith in God will provide eternal salvation; and
> > > > 5. that one cannot be good without belief in God.
> > > >
> > > > I reiterate that the burden of proof rests upon those who
believe
> > in
> > > > God. If they are unable to make the case for belief in God,
then
> > I
> > > > have every right to remain a seeptic."
> > > >
> > > > --- End forwarded message ---
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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