Re: MD Theism, Non-Theism, Anti-Theism, Nihilism

From: platootje@netscape.net
Date: Sat Jul 16 2005 - 13:59:34 BST

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    Arlo Bensinger <ajb102@psu.edu> wrote:

    >Is God the "Christian God" or the "Muslim God"? The "Buddha God"? The Pagan
    >Pantheon? This is, in my little humble opinion, a huge waste of time and
    >mental resources. All of these are analogies for describing the "source"
    >(Quality) that have developed over centuries of socio-historical,
    >culturally-embedded peoples. When I've seen anyone go an an "anti-religion
    >tirade", it is against this type of static-analogy Glorification.
    >
    >That individuals, such as yourself, use religion to forge a better
    >understanding of the world for yourself, who has a problem with that? When
    >you (not that you have) begin to tell me your analogies are "right" and
    >mine are "wrong", then I will certainly take exception.

    Well Pirsig told the world that his MOQ-analogy was better then the old SOM-analogy. Do you object to that as well?
    All that some of us probably want, is to expand the MOQ in the direction of the source. This may also help getting a better understanding of the MOQ altogether.
    There's a huge sensibility when the G-word appears, as is proven with this thread.

    Kind regards,
    Reinier.

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