Sorry, I can not put his picture here. The Antwerp folk singer Wannes Van de Velde, who died some weeks ago (71), wrote in our dialect the only significant Christmas Carrol for atheist. Christmas is the only day there is no shooting. On the canons they plant Christmas trees. The killing will be over for one day. He did NOT believe in gods and Christ's and churches, just like me, but together we found out, if Christmas means peace in our hearts, let it last a whole year, not just one day. HAPPY Christmas. Willy (free from religion) ----- Original Message ----- From: frantheman To: "Minds Eye" Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 2:24 PM Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: secular Xmas greetings
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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
