> At 09:28 AM 2/7/2009, you wrote: > > > 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, > > Since RMP in various statements has suggested that the MOQ is not > just atheistic, but anti-theistic, I think he might mean something > else. In my definitions of 'divine', #8 "of superhuman or surpassing > excellence: Beauty is divine." Maybe that is what he meant. > > > Marsha
Marsha, Possibly. But what does "superhuman" mean if not Godlike? 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/
