Steve,
I've been thinking about the way to liberate self and all
individuals, and it is to NOT treat them like either subject or
object. That would be something dynamic worth cultivating.
Marsha
At 11:48 AM 1/24/2009, you wrote:
Hi Ian, Marsha,
Welcome to the blogoshpere Leela.
That's pretty much the line I take too, so I'd have no problem linking
or helping anyway I can.
The anonymity can't last once discussion gets "serious", but it's good
to have the anonyous handle whilst you're in blogging mode.
Good luck - the one eye and the pony-tail suit you ;-)
Thanks for your support, Ian. I'm still not sure about using an
alias, but there are a lot of wackos out there on the internet for
whom this is more than just a touchy subject. Let me know if you
ever would like to contribute an article. I don't want it to be MY
blog, just a blog about the things that I would like to be having
conversations about.
Marsha, I was thinking of you when I posted here about my blog. I
thought it may be a project that you could help with or at least be
interested in--especially when I wrote in my intro:
"If atheists hope to be convincing to believers, we must espouse a
philosophy of hope for a better future that is also intellectually
honest. We must present a better option to theism than nihilistic
philosophical materialism. We have to learn to tell better stories
about the possibilities for human flourishing, love, morality, and
hope than the theists do but with the constraint that our stories
must be true. And I believe that the philosophy that is needed to
communicate that vision in America where we are uniquely religious
in the developed world is the uniquely American philosophical
tradition of pragmatism."
What do you think? Do you think you can tell a good story of hope
for a better future that doesn't include lies about virgin births
and resurrections?
Clearly, the dominant SOM culture has left Americans with a false
choice between romantic "religious bamboozlement" and classical
"yeastless factuality" and materialism. Pirsig offers a way of
keeping our heads and our hearts that I hope to be able to
communicate in my blog.
Regards,
Steve
atheistichope.blogspot.com
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