Dang I HATE it when I hit send accidentally--- As I was typing: I believe that believing too fervently in our technological gods keeps us from recognizing our immaturity of experience as a species: we have not shown much aptitude for using either theological or technological gods as humane, sustaining or intelligent activities. Mebbe we get the god we deserve. Mebbe we get the belief we have faith in. Whence can cometh growth?
Tory Now! > On Jan 8, 2015, at 9:30 PM, Victoria Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > > So any belief other than one's own is a delusion? > How convenient. > I do not believe that our technology is sophisticated / adept / precise / > subtle enough to answer any of these open ended philosophical queries. I > believe that believing our technology- and our ability to be responsible and > appropriate with its use- > Oops! Does that make me a terrorist? Or criminally dysfunctional? > Perhaps in Russia I would now be banned from having a drivers' license. > Gosh. > Good luck in your > Tory > > >> On Jan 8, 2015, at 8:03 PM, "Vladimyr Burachynsky" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This is becoming a shark feeding frenzy of Media demanding that I believe >> different versions of the demented beliefs. >> Which ever outlet I side with demands I become a believer. I am not Normal >> to begin with, otherwise I MIGHT actually take up arms and shoot at a target >> they suggest. Should I take a Gravol to control the vertigo as they spin me >> around, aiming at phantoms. >> >> Hollande is strutting about like a shrunken , down sized de Gaulle after he >> nearly lost France to a Troop of Disgruntled Foreign Legionnaires >> from Algeria. >> >> al Jazeera wants me to believe that there is a war against all Muslims. CBC >> wants me to believe that the Muslims are about to attack the country. >> Wait we are in a deep freeze and any Arab set upon conquering Canada must >> contend with unimaginable Arctic Cold and if they want to rob a gas station >> on the way they will probably freeze to death in the dark. Hollande wants us >> to believe he is the reincarnation of de Gaulle or Vercingetorix. Kerry >> wants me to believe he speaks French. Putin probably wants me to believe he >> is Vladimir Monomahk the slayer of Turks. >> >> These tough-guys are not so crazy as the Media. They have remained silent >> for now. One Canadian media outlet is attacking our National Outlet , CBC, >> as cowards , yes they used the word correctly, >> who refused to show the Charlie Hebdo images on air( they were Blacked >> -Out). Maybe Oprah Winfry can get them to confess on prime time T.V. >> A Montreal journalist , has bared his chest ( but no soul was to be seen) >> and declared that CBC ordered him to self-censor out of fear. >> What a show. >> Actually the Russian media is being rather discreet, what a shock. No one >> has the wherewithal to post the price of oil or the disposition of ISIL >> and the Saudi invasions. >> vib >> >> I will snicker from my warm hovel in this cold blast. >> I am waiting for the much feared promised global warming to arrive. >> Just where is Al Gore now that I want to believe in his delusions? If I pick >> one belief will the others stop pestering me? >> No I guess it is more like an attack of Blackflies or mosquitoes. >> Perhaps Glen is correct "Beliefs don't kill people. People kill people" >> I might add "Believers have the right to kill non-believers". >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of glen >> Sent: January-08-15 7:24 PM >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Slasdhot linked article RE; god >> >>> On 01/08/2015 03:49 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: >>> Or that they are mentally ill and need `retraining'. But that takes >>> us down the road of recognizing the danger latent in faith, which I >>> don't think the US is close to doing. >> >> Exactly ... though it goes beyond just faith to any sort of psychological >> problem, I think. E.g. It's fine if you're deluded into believing, say, the >> "law of attraction" >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_attraction_%28New_Thought%29> as long >> as you don't do things like rely on it to heal your children or somesuch. >> >> Beliefs don't kill people. People kill people. ;-) >> >> -- >> ⇔ glen >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe >> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
