From: drose (donangel@nlci.com)
Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 03:10:55 GMT
Hi, Platt!
Some questions for you.
> For me the best religion is pursuing Dynamic Quality by creating and
> contemplating art as well as by pursuing beauty in all my endeavors.
How does this in any way differ in kind from any other religious activity?
> I reject religions based on faith including Christianity and Islam.
Explain to me how the basis of your, uh, faith in DQ is qualitatively any
different than a reasoned faith in God, Allah, etc.
> I reject all religious sects because their rituals and practices
> promulgate static social patterns.
Do they? How so?
> I reject social moral codes based on divine revelation such as the 10
> commandments because they have no intellectual base.
I'm sure God would argue that one:-) What makes the commandment "Though
shalt not commit murder" any less a valid social value than a law on the
books derived solely from the mind of a man?
> I seek to understand the conceptually unknown through art because its
> essence is, as Pirsig asserts, aesthetic. Thus I find some religious art
> to be inspirational and revealing of DQ.
You have postulated elsewhere that there is "good" and "bad" art,
specifically in the form of music. I have to asssume that you use some
objective criteria to establish what is "more" aesthetic. Or is it "merely"
what you like? If Bach is aesthetically superior to Rush, there must be some
objective quality that makes it so?
> For me, art and beauty can make a direct connection to Dynamic Quality.
> That's my religion. IMO there's none better.
For me, ritual and practice can make a direct connection to Dynamic Quality.
Maybe I'm missing something...
Peace to you, friend Platt.
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