> You can't take a cannibal out to lunch and ask him what he wants to > eat! sd
It's not a saying, I made it up. It means your the lunch! He's looking at you as the menu because he is a cannibal. In politics you get just that, politics. It's the scorpion and frog story. http://allaboutfrogs.org/stories/scorpion.html On Sep 13, 1:57 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/12/2010 9:51 PM, Slip Disc wrote:> "An empty stomach is not a good > political adviser" .....Albert > > Einstein > > > Gotta love the man! > > I'm sure he didn't say it first but he comes to mind sometimes. His > letters on science and religion were intriguing back when I had the time > to actually read philosophy.> You can't take a cannibal out to lunch and ask > him what he wants to > > eat! > > That is an odd saying, what does it mean? Went right over my head. :)> I > agree with the rest of your post Ash! > > It was disjointed and flitting over the subjects mentioned, not at all > justice to the topic or what should be my knowledge or thoughts on it. > But thanks! > > > > > On Sep 12, 12:32 pm, Ash<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 9/12/2010 10:28 AM, Slip Disc wrote:> AW; > >>> Yes there is............. > >>> I'll refer you to rigsy's sept. 6 10:15 am post as to my "theistic > >>> religiosity" comment. > >>> Also, people use therapy and AA like a religion- in fact, they "use" a > >>> lot of things in lieu of religion. What about jingoism?<<<rigsy > >> Regarding AA, can cults be considered religion? Like most things it > >> depends on who is wielding the book, but I've heard some very disturbing > >> stories about their practices, that combined with psychologically > >> vulnerable people in need of help opens us a franchise opportunity for > >> all sorts of predatory and unsavory uses of religion. Again, I'll remind > >> that the utmost caution and conscience should be the hallmark, lest it > >> fall into predatory (deranged) hands. Kudos to those who do it well. > > >> "An empty stomach is not a good political advisor." Albert E. > > >>> Do you think no one would help anyone else on an island of atheists > >>> because they didn't have a religion to tell them to do so? Helping > >>> is primal and innate as nurturing; religion and faith is human > >>> construct and not necessity. > >> I think religion and politics often work on absurd reductions. Here's > >> another from old Al, "If people are good only because they fear > >> punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. " The > >> latter reduction is 'necessity' saying, 'do it now or else' waving flags > >> of fear and anxiety. Both together is just a BAD combination, though it > >> would be neat to see some universalist group show the others up by doing > >> it better. Something like that might emerge in a few hundred years if > >> progress continues. Such might be the only ones capable of placing the > >> faith in digestible context while promoting the common good and secular > >> ethics. The pillars of monotheism are so entrenched in using the > >> population for domination they cannot be trusted, despite how great they > >> could be for us (and perhaps are). IMO dogmas designed by and for tribal > >> wel/war-fare are of no use to evolving our societies except perhaps to > >> observe and learn from and sometimes hold them dear. > > >> Somewhat on topic, I found this interesting page about 600bce, an early > >> enlightenment period?http://www.halexandria.org/dward206.htm.
