From: Matthew Poot (mattpoot@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Mar 13 2004 - 06:18:25 GMT
Hello, sam, leland, all,
> Now, I'd rather get on with the conversation than have yet another
> exhausting
> digression with people about what counts as a religion or mysticism or
> not, but I still think we need _some_ sort of container in which to
> hold the debate, and I think the SQ/DQ language is the most
> appropriate.
It is certainly a better foundation on which to compare theologies than
a SOM platform is. Just my $0.02CDN.
- I would agree that SQ-DQ (throw coherence in there) is more than
appropriate language for discussion. It encompasses everything. Or does it?
;)
Ill be reading
POOT
----- Original Message -----
From: Leland Jory <ljory@mts.net>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: MD quality religion
> On Mar 12, 2004, at 4:17, Sam Norton wrote:
>
> > In our context, the forum is geared around metaphysics (ie the MoQ),
> > and it is a very real question about whether metaphysics *counts* as a
> > religion or not - or even whether 'religion' is a viable concept etc.
>
> First, I think we're confusing "religion" with "theology". Religion
> seems to me to be the practical, social application of belief while
> theology is the act of intellectualizing about that belief system.
>
> By that token, you can be a theologist without ever attending a church.
>
> Given those definitions, metaphysics cannot be a 'religion' because
> metaphysics is not a social activity (just look at the social life of
> your average metaphysician... but I digress). If anything you might be
> able to call metaphysics a theology, but even still it seems to be
> outside of theology as well. Metatheology, maybe?
>
> > Now, I'd rather get on with the conversation than have yet another
> > exhausting
> > digression with people about what counts as a religion or mysticism or
> > not, but I still think we need _some_ sort of container in which to
> > hold the debate, and I think the SQ/DQ language is the most
> > appropriate.
>
> It is certainly a better foundation on which to compare theologies than
> a SOM platform is. Just my $0.02CDN.
>
> --
> Leland Jory :^{)>
> Cafeteria Spiritualist and Philosopher
>
> "It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go
> away, I'm looking for the truth.' and so it goes away. Puzzling." -
> Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
>
>
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