From: Sam Norton (elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk)
Date: Mon Sep 22 2003 - 10:42:52 BST
Hi David (MB),
> dmb says:
> I shouldn't have butted in. Sorry. And its not that anyone is immune to
> having assumptions and stuff, but you've made a conscious choice to make a
> committment to a certain set of religous beliefs. That's quite relevant,
> don't you think? I think that committment has fairly profound effects on
> what you're willing to accept or entertain, no?
You make it sound as if there was no understanding of 'truth' involved in the evolution of my
beliefs. I hold my beliefs because I think they're true, aka they have the highest Quality that I
have yet found in my intellectual explorations. That may change - whether you call it DQ or the Holy
Spirit, if you have a set of beliefs which rule out those things, and therefore the possibility of
change, then you're eventually going to be marooned a long way from the current of truth. I see no
philosophical distinction here between my beliefs and anyone else's on this forum, including yours.
Why do you think that there is, that is, why do you think it is 'quite relevant'?
> Feel free to write me off as an ignorant bigot if you like, but if you've
> been paying attention to the news lately then you know that the
> fundamentalists have done far more to tarnish the name of Christianity than
> I ever could. Do I lump you in with all that? No, it seems that you'd be
> even more upset about religious fanatics than I am. They're actually killing
> people, you know? They've stolen the flag, the bible, science and are
> effectively at war with the secular culture. It ain't pretty. And this
> current state of affairs, I think, is very much a part of the conflict
> between the social and intellectual levels. As such, I think its clear which
> side we ought to be rooting for.
And on many of those things we'd be on the same side - but maybe for quite distinct reasons!
Cheers
Sam
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