> Arlo to Michael: > I'm really not sure what your desperation is with faith and theism, > and some > need to get them to apply to everything, but its way off the MOQ. > And as > such there is little reason to go on. > > Andre: > 'You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence > in. No > one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. > They * > know* it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically > dedicated to > political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, > it's > always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt. > The militancy of the Jesuits he somewhat resembled is a case in > point. > Historically their zeal stems not from the strength of the Catholic > Church > but from its weakness in the face of the Reformation. It was > Phaedrus' *lack > * of faith in reason that made him such a fanatic teacher. That > makes more > sense.' (ZMM p146)
MP: Thanks Andre, that quote explains a lot to me about the fanatic responses I see here to my rather mildly heretical suggestions about MoQ. (Clue: I'm not arguing *for* theism or *against* MoQ in all this, so why the fanatic reactions from MoQers?) MP ---- "Don't believe everything you think." 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/
