Mark mentioned: I have a hard time seeing the difference between philosophy and > religion, probably because I don't know the rules. >
John weighs in: The art of philosophy is the art of making up rules. The craft of religion is that of following rules. This is probably the main reason most of us here think metaphysics is exciting and religion is boring. In Royce's distinction, Religion and Metaphysics have in common a constructed belief about the way things are. They differ in that everything in philosophy is subject to criticism, analysis and reformulation. He also points out that Religion is of value to Philosophy in that it tells us something about Humanity's hopes, dreams and aspirations. and Philosophy's value to religion is in its ability to "keep things grounded in Reality" - to serve to inform religion about "the way things are." But as always in philosophy, feel free to make up your own rules, subject to criticism of course. Take care, John 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/
