[DM] I don't think either of you have got what I mean. Let's say we drop any talk of god. Rather I imagine that if we accept an MOQ outlook this would in no way stop some people wanting to respond to the totality of experience- reality in a religious way (in the broad sense of this term), i.e. with feelings of awe, reverence, thanksgiving, and a feeling of cosmic purpose. These are common human experiences that I doubt are removed by changing your metaphysics. Some people have these experiences, others do not. Seems to me the MOQ has less reason to dismiss the reality of all sorts of experiences than say materialism or Platonism does.
[Krimel] My problem is not at all with the feelings but with what we make of them. Dawkins, Sagan, Hawking, Wilson, Einstein and lots of other scientists have described having these feelings without attaching theological or at least not doctrinal significance to them. In fact I would say they are asking us to reapply these feelings to a greater understanding of the universe and our place in it. And to that end I think the MoQ has something to say. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
