[DMB]
> I'd like to take issue with the "anti-theistic mindset of Pirsig and his
> followers", as Ham put it. To say that "Christendom has no place in the
> MoQ" is a bit like saying the European Middle Age has no place in the MOQ.
> "Christendom" is a social, political and historical fact. But it is true
> that "faith" (belief without empirical reasons) is considered to be of
> low-quality. In that sense, the MOQ is anti-theistic. The principles of
> Radical Empiricism will not allow assertions about anything that is beyond
> experience, that can't be known in experience, and so rejects any kind of
> "metaphysical" or supernatural entities as such.
That's all fine and dandy, but rejects out of hand direct experiences that
many people have of God and/or Jesus Christ which prompts them to become
"born again" Christians. Seens to me a radical empiricist should explain
why he accepts some direct experiences as valid but "will not allow"
others.
I look forward to any answers
Platt
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