Hi John, It's just the the media. I've heard professors of astrophysics and particle physics talk with a certainty that made me angry: "This isn't just mathematics, it's real." Or I mentioned at the Hayden Planetarium Whoopi Goldberg stating "It's true because the scientists have discovered it to be true." Many of these scientists seem as narrow-minded as any medieval church Inquisitor.
Marsha On Jan 12, 2010, at 1:59 PM, John Carl wrote: >> [Arlo] >> As with all theories, those who hold them understand they are metaphors, >> analogies, descriptions that best serve to illuminate the unseeable Void. > > > Ok Arlo, I'm gonna lay out for you my particular rant now. Pay close > attention and please don't jump to conclusions based on past arguments with > others. I'm certainly not a knee-jerk talk show follower, ok? > > The fact that those who hold the theories understand them to be just that, > is true. But the way it works in the modern age, intellectualism takes a > diabolical twist. Because the theoretical knowledge, gleaned by analytical > minds, is encapsulated and transmitted via powerful media imagery into the > homes of millions, and these millions don't really think through the > philosophical underpinnings of theory and analogistic ways of thinking. > They pretty much take what they see as truth. They conflate the image with > the word, they confuse the reality they see (an artificial construct) as the > same thing as "the truth of the experts". They believe they understand the > origins of life, the universe and everything. > > > Ellul helped me to see all this, and he points to the culprit as the CHURCH > that started it all. The medieval church with its icons and painted > representation, heck, even the crucifix, all this imagery was constructed to > impress upon the minds of the masses the hidden priestly truths of the > bible, a seeingly noble and efficient means but unfortunately, expressly > forbidden by the same tome they touted. > > Read the second commandment sometime in a non-catholic bible. > > They did far more damage to society than Aristotle, for nowadays this > technique is unleashed upon a supposedly democratic nation, with the result > being the deluded and ignorant masses see something on tv, they don't take > it analogistically, they take it as reality itself. And this has worse > effects than cosmological ignorance. It's got great political significance. > > > I'd feel sorry for most of them, but Krimel really oughta know better. > > Honestly, when he mentioned watching Nova, I literally fell on the floor > laughing. > > John, eschewer of the glowing idol of the AwDga cult > 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/ _______________________________________________________________________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... 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/
