Hi DMB
I think I understand your point of view. And I am as fearful of
fundamentalism as the next man,
although their numbers can be somewhat exaggerated. But don't you think
attacking religion
more generally is a bit of a hopeless case? Now that you have nearly grown
up don't you
think you need to start asking yourself how you are going to find a better
way to live with
religious people and encourage them to embrace the better forms of religion
that are
available? Is there not a possibility for getting religious people to think
about religion in
more MOQ type terms than the sort of pseudo-science fundamentalist terms
that claim
they have evidence and certainties and subjective-values of their own. Does
not MOQ
mean that values need to be recognised, discussed and debated and criticised
as part
of our approach to reason? And if we admit this do we not have to admit to
the debate
religious values for discussion and critical reflection too? To my mind, the
secular ban
on religious thinking has made fundamentalism possible because it such a ban
fails to
subject values to critical discussion. Now see if you can resist the
knee-jerk reaction
and just see if trying this suggestion has some value. You know Dave what is
the
alternative? A secular crusade? My proposal is that we have to talk to all
comers, and
we are going to have to learn to accommodate diverse values, and so will the
fundamentalists,
the alternative is not nihilism but annihilation is it not?
David M
dmb replies:
That's true enough but that's not really the problem I'm talking about,
which is the alienating effect of the prevailing mythos. Philosophers talk
about it but there is also a bumper sticker I see from time to time. It says
something like, "a tiny speck in a ruthless universe". That's what I see in
the rush hour battle of the christian fish against darwin fish and in a
gazillion other places. Ever notice how christian fish types drive too
slowly and don't mind at all about being in the way? That cracks me up
because its such a nice metaphor for their role in the culture.
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