After a quick check, I agree with you archy. 'The other stuff' is mostly rationalization after the fact and/or projected upon someone else's behavior.
On Jul 18, 4:05 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I rather think men kill for petty, personal reasons - the other stuff > is just bull. > > On 18 July, 23:42, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A common belief today is that religion breeds violence. Isn't this > > like saying politics is violent? I read the below today, and it gave > > me food for thought, particularly that last sentence: > > > "Some kill because their faiths specifically command them to do so; > > some kill though their faiths explicitly forbid them to do so; and > > some kill because they have no faith and hence believe all things are > > permitted to them. Polytheists, monotheists, and atheists kill. Men > > kill for their gods, or for their God, or because there is no God and > > human destiny must be shaped by gigantic exertions of human will. They > > kill out of pursuit of universal truths, and out of fidelity to tribal > > allegiances; for faith, blood and soil, empire, national greatness, > > "socialist utopia", capitalism, and "democratization". Men always seek > > gods in who's name they may perform great deeds or commit unspeakable > > atrocity, even if those gods are not gods but "tribal honor", or > > "genetic imperatives" or "social ideals" or "human destiny" or > > "liberal democracy". Then again men also kill on account of money, > > land, love, pride, hatred, envy or ambition. ... The truth is that > > religion and irreligion are cultural variables, but killing is a human > > constant"(*) > > > (*) David Bently Hart, _atheist delusion_ pg > > 12http://www.librarything.com/work/book/47946437- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
