Re: MD Cosmotheism: Questions and Answers- for the Record

From: Paul Vogel (nitzke@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jun 17 2004 - 01:37:32 BST

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    Dear Platt,

    You said:

    "This is not to suggest that I in any way endorse Cosmotheism which, from
    one reading of their beliefs on their website, can only be described as a
    cult, an opinion I have no interest at all in explaining or defending."

    You only have an ignorant opinion that Cosmotheism is a cult, Platt,
    and you actually have no interest at all in explaining or defending such
    an ignorant opinion only because just like the social-marxist and actual
    cults of egalitarianism and political-correctness, they too can't be at all
    factually and rationally and honestly and scientifically supported or
    upheld.

    Best regards,

    Paul Vogel
    http://www.cosmotheism.net

    >From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    >Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
    >To: moq_discuss@moq.org, owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk
    >Subject: Re: MD Cosmotheism: Questions and Answers- for the Record
    >Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:28:10 -0400
    >
    >Hi All,
    >
    >MSH quotes from the American Anthropological Association's Statement on
    >"Race" (May 17, 1998).
    >
    > > Conventional geographic "racial" groupings differ from one another
    > > only in about 6% of their genes.
    >
    >Compare this to a Reuters news item about a report attributed to Asao
    >Fujiyama of the RIKEN Genomic Science Center published in the May 26, 2004
    >issue of Nature:
    >
    >"Genetically, chimpanzees are 98.5 percent identical to humans."
    >
    >Hmmm. Something does'nt compute.
    >
    >Anyway, after reading what Pirsig had to say in LIla about the objectivity
    >of anthropology, I take their pronouncements with a grain of salt. In the
    >passage MSH presented, human differences were attributed to cultural
    >influences. Apparently the author or authors were oblivious to the battles
    >raging between the proponents of nature vs. nurture. The natures, like
    >Edmund O. Wilson, Daniel C. Dennett and Richard Dawkins appear to be
    >winning. Their claim? Such human traits as intelligence, temperament,
    >emotional responses and levels of aggression are genetically determined.
    >
    >This is not to suggest that I in any way endorse Cosmotheism which, from
    >one reading of their beliefs on their website, can only be described as a
    >cult, an opinion I have no interest at all in explaining or defending.
    >
    >I simply want to point out that the statement on race by the anthropology
    >bunch isn't the only much less the final word on the subject.
    >
    >Best,
    >Platt
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
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