Unless you are a masochist, of course :-) On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the central tenet of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, > Christianity, and Islam, in chronological order) is expressed in > Christianity as "love thy neighbor as thyself". > > Frank > > Frank Wimberly > Phone (505) 670-9918 > > On Jan 24, 2017 2:50 PM, "glen ☣" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 01/24/2017 02:01 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote: >> > I’d need to know which part of Biblical morality we’re talking about. >> >> I agree. I like the Jefferson Bible, wherein TJ tried to extract Jesus' >> teachings from the rest of the hooha in the Bible. I think those teachings >> _might_ cohere as a standalone work. But most of the Christians I have >> experience with don't really focus on Jesus. They tend to like the Psalms, >> Revelations, etc. So, it's unclear how/if we can pull out the stuff they >> find attractive and have it cohere. >> >> > On 01/24/2017 10:52 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: >> >> Can the yummy parts arise as a result of a small set of principles >> consistent with empirical facts? If so, they could be presented in the >> usual prescriptive ways for this kind of audience, and then maybe life >> could go on without unpleasant extinction events and that sort of thing. >> >> My favorite mathematician Raymond Smullyan has written a few books on >> religion that talk quite a bit about Christianity. He seemed to suggest >> that it's overall a decent system _if_ you get rid of the concept of Hell. >> And I think Hitchens used to identify Hell as the most abhorrent thing >> about it. >> >> -- >> ☣ 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-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > 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-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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