On 24 Dez., 07:15, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
But we all know one thing: religion no more
> makes people good than lack of it makes the rest of us bad.
>
> Secularists take offence too at the way the religious paint
> unbelievers as poor desiccated rationalists, not only without values,
> but joyless, lacking a sense of mystery, devoid of awe. Yet,
> earthbound, there is enough wonder in the infinite capacity of the
> human imagination, in a magical world of thought, dream, hope, memory
> and fantasy. To be human is not to be particularly rational, the
> senses often overwhelming common sense. There is no emotional or
> spiritual deficiency in rejecting religions that infantilise the
> imagination with impossible beliefs.
>
Yes, yes, yes!
Have a cool Yule, everyone,
Francis
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