Hello everyone On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:08 PM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan > > Hi Dan: >> > > >> Dan: >> >> Anti-theism requires more than a disbelief in God or gods (atheism). >> It requires first, a belief that theism is harmful to society and >> culture and second, that theism should be controverted in order to >> eliminate the harm it does. It seems clear (to me) that that is what >> Robert Pirsig is on about in the Copleston annotations, as well as >> Verne Dusenberry in his doctoral thesis The Montana Cree: A Study in >> Religious Persistence. So, it is possible for a religious person to be >> anti-theistic in the sense that they realize the harm done by the >> superimposition of one religion over another. >> >> Dan >> > > [Mark] > Dan, I will have to respectively point out that you are talking about > religion, not theism. If you want to be anti-religion that is fine. Theism > is a personal belief in a God. If MOQ claims to be anti-religious > establishment, that is fine. However, please note that there are many > religions, and those which claim a creator are also many. So, if MOQ is > anti-Hindu, or anti-Veda, or anti-American Indian, or anti-Christianity, > then it should be stated.
Hi Mark I have no idea where you're getting this. Have you read The Montana Cree? It is all about the persistence of religion in the face of a dominating culture. Please re-read my post. > > If you are intent on blaming Theism for the ills of humanity, then you are > somewhat misguided. You should be directing your anger at politics. Dan: What anger? > Hopefully MOQ is apolitical, but this stance you profess against religion > does not support such a notion. In addition if you believe that Quality > has no personal relationship with you, as is thought in theism, then you > have missed the point of Quality. Quality is a monistic guide, if you can't > consider that in a personal way, then you will always be dealing with > Quality at arms length, as some kind of philosophical premise rather than a > reality. If you somehow feel separated from Quality then you need to think > about it some more. Dan: I have no idea what you trying to say, Mark. You seem upset. Perhaps you need to check your meds. Dan 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
