Hi Platt, I am interested in what you post. I think we have a similar outlook (at least politically).
In my opinion religion results naturally from morality as a synopsis. Morality without religion is like a book that we cannot figure out the subject of. Religion is the clothing worn by Truth (no not my invention, everything I know I read somewhere). Truth can wear many different costumes, and look pretty different on first glance. I don't want to harp on my rant about Scientism, but like I said, Truth gets dressed up in many ways. Cheers, Mark On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Steve and all interested, > > Today's NYTimes has an interesting article entitled, "Morals Without God?" > The > author, a biologist, writes: > > "It is impossible to know what morality would be like without religion. It > would require a visit to a human culture that is not now and never was > religious. That such cultures do not exist should give us pause." > > Some cultures come very close to being "without religion." Their > contribution > to human well-being is somewhat less than Harris would approve. North Korea > comes to mind. And looking back at cultures without religion in the 20th > century -- "The horror!" Concentration camps, gulags, the Great Leap > Forward -- > those are just the tip of the human misery from "rational" social policies, > exceeding by far the suffering caused in the name of religion. > > The author concludes with this observation: > > "Any framework we develop to advocate a certain moral outlook is bound to > produce its own list of principles, its own prophets, and attract its own > devoted followers, so it will soon look like any old religion." > > A cautionary note lest our approval of Pirsig, Harris or any other > "rationalist" becomes a cult. > > Best, > 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/md/archives.html > 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/md/archives.html
