Subject: Re: atheism
From: jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Date: Thu Jan 20 2000 - 13:23:26 EST
Jim said:
> Now, to reference the above quoted paragraphs, I'm afraid I have to repeat
> myself again. If we human beings do religion and do it consistently, and do
> it to death, it's a "naturally" occuring phenomena because it is occuring in
> nature. See, you're still thinking in a "supernaturalist" framework here, as
> if what proceeds from the human mind comes from a source outside nature.
> We've inherited that from the Greeks and still have not escaped it.
>
> So you either need to abandon the accusation that religion is "man-made" in
> the sense that it is "unnatural," or you need to admit that the human mind
> exists outside, or above, or independently of nature -- which is a
> supernaturalist premise.
It all depends on if you think it is "natural" for the dominant species
to annihilate all the othere species on the planet, except for
cockroaches, when they finally push the button. But if you think that's
"natural" then I don't believe you could construct anything unnatural;
therefore the distinction is meaningless. The Greeks were right. Stick
with them.
-jay
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