Quoting Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > I thought that Pirsig's idea that the world is a moral order was new, > but has Christianity being saying this all along? Is it just Pirsig's > differing moral levels that are new? > > [Ron] > I feel given this interpretation you have something there, I started on > a essay on this very > subject but abandoned it apon a heavy re-reading of Lila. I thought I > could tie christianity > with MOQ. It's of my opinion they are very similar and both attempt to > resolve dualism with value. > Pirsig drives right to the heart of it and states that quality comes > before good and evil > and like your statements in the adjacent thread, both are required and > are different parts > of one entity, Quality. In Quality all is one. When this is realized > that all is moral, > good and evil disappear, they are truly one in the same? > -thanks
You raise fascinating questions. "In Quality is all one?" "In Quality do good and evil disappear?" My best answer, but hardly satisfactory, is "Yes and no." "Yes" in that Quality, like God or the Cosmos, is all inclusive. "No" in that Quality is partitioned into differing moral levels that operate from different moral codes and that compete with one another. For example, freedom of speech is highly moral at the intellectual level, but not so at the social level where differences of belief often threaten social order. But, I think you are onto something comparing Christian doctrine to the MOQ. When asked, this group of MOQites generally answers that the authority for their moral beliefs comes from the basic "Love thy neighbor as thyself" Christian philosophy, translated into today's vernacular as "caring, sharing and compassion." So I for one would be most interested in your sharing :-) what you see as the similarities and differences vis a vis the MOQ and Christianity. Thanks Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
