From: Sam Norton (elizaphanian@kohath.wanadoo.co.uk)
Date: Tue Mar 15 2005 - 07:46:29 GMT
Hi Marsha,
Interesting that I didn't mention God once in that first 'severe tensions'
post, and yet you bring it in for most of your reply, and it is then the
issue that gets taken up. Undoubtedly my faith is a part of how I view the
world, but I don't think the tensions depend on my religious beliefs.
(Besides which, if I didn't 'accept the metaphysics of quality' to some
extent, there wouldn't be any tension, would there?)
In broad terms, my concerns overlap with those of Matt (an atheist) and
Scott (an interested non-believer). So whilst you might be able to discount
my qualms as the ravings of a religious fruit and nutcake, you can't do the
same with Matt and Scott - at least, not if you have any concern for
intellectual integrity (but maybe I'm assuming too much). How do you cope
with their arguments, when you can't pigeonhole them in the same way, and
thereby insulate your beliefs from what they have to say along similar
lines?
If Matt and Scott didn't exist, and I was a lone voice, I would certainly
have left by now. It's the fact that some people do 'get' what I'm driving
at - and see that it doesn't depend on prior religious beliefs, ie don't
interpret my views through the lens of 200 year old Enlightenment
propaganda - that reassure me that I'm not completely barking mad. But hey,
if it's one person, he's mad, if it's two people, it's a cult, if it's three
thousand it's a religion. Only a few more to go....
Sam
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