> At 08:46 AM 2/7/2009, you wrote: > >Hi Marsha, > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > A reminder: > > > > > > "The MOQ is an atheistic religious outlook that solves rather than > > > bypasses religious problems." > > > > > > "The selling out of intellectual truth to the social icons of > > > organized religion is seen by the MOQ as an evil act." > > > > > > "The MOQ would add a fourth stage where the term "God" is completely > > > dropped as a relic of an evil social suppression of intellectual and > > > Dynamic freedom. The MOQ is not just atheistic in this regard. It > > > is anti-theistic. " > > > > > > (RMP, Copleston) > > > >On the other hand: > > > >"Finally, though it may be argued that a metaphysics that incorporates > a > >central term that isn't defined (i.e. Dynamic Quality) isn't a real > >metaphysics, it can also be argued that the strength of the MOQ is its > >ability to incorporate the indeterminate divine within a coherent and > >logical paradigm." > > > >Letter to Bodvar Skutvik > > >From Robert M Pirsig, September 15, 2000 > > Hi Platt, > > I don't understand what you are getting at. Does that make selling > out an intellectual truth to the social icons of organized religion > greater than an evil act? > > > Marsha
Hi Marsha, Don't know what is "greater than an evil act." What I'm getting at is that unlike SOM, the MOQ includes the divine, defined in Merriam-Webster as: "1 a: of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god." Unless, of course, Pirsig meant something else in his letter to Bo. Platt 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/
