On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:29 AM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> wrote:
> [Mark] > Yes there would be, if "God" were the result of such rational inquiry. > > [Arlo] > Then there would be little disagreement about "god", and certainly no need > for > wars and genocide to "spread god's message". "Churches" would be replaced > by > philosophical roundtables. > > Also, if its "rational inquiry" that guides people to a chosen "faith", why > is > it that nearly everyone in certain regions has their "rational inquiry" > lead > them to some splinter of Judeo-Christianity, nearly everyone in other > regions > has their "rational inquiry" lead them to Islam, nearly everyone in still > other > regions has their "rational inquiry" lead them to Buddhism... or > Hinduism... > etc. If it was "rational inquiry", wouldn't you expect to see the > proportions > of these spread out fairly evenly? > Mark: I think you have pointed to a problem. It is not always rational inquiry that leads to faith. Some people have other things to do. My dad loved money, I thought it was a good idea, there was nothing rational about it. So I started with the premise that money is good, and justified it afterwards. > > > 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
