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Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
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Wed, 29 Oct 2003 00:03:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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Each of these is, to me, an unsatisfactory justification for belief, and I’d
be interested to hear other motivations.
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I’m with Kooties in that you are not likely to like my answer either. And I am
likely to be further marginalized by “uber-pagan” types like Bruce. Keeping in
mind that I reject most organized religions out of hand as obviously politically
motivated tripe intended to control the masses, here goes nothing...
I believe there is aesthetic beauty in the idea of the divine; and that there
are psychological rewards for ritual action.
This would basically be in the way of Evelyn Waugh’s/Brideshead
Revisited/Sebastian says the idea of god is “lovely” school of thought. This
could also be in the way of “Beatific Vision” or of an Arthurian style knight’s
“reverie” kind of thing. I think of this idea as being hand in hand with the
idea (getting back to Waugh) that “to know and love another human being is the
root of all wisdom.” To further boil it down, I find that contemplation of the
divine, ritual action, and the idea of love is beneficial to the mental health
of most persons.
As a wildly cynical skeptic I am often propelled in a completely different
direction, and it is with this face that I normally confront the world.
But in my quieter moments, I can think of few things that smooth down the
ruffled feathers of tribulation like the idea of a “horn of plenty” whose
contents pour out and heal the troubles of the world.
Previously, in debate, I have stated the following (and we might as well end on
it):
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MY fantasy is one of an Earth Mother locked in the act of love with the
Horned God of the Sun. I don’t happen to ACTUALLY believe in my fantasy,
but I think it is more aesthetically pleasing than your fantasy...
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Can we all agree it is quite obnoxious to rub others’ noses in one’s own
personal beliefs and faith-imagery? Really, it’s a very private matter...
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...it also has no bearing on our accepted communal reality, nor should it.
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-- Hop-Frog
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Marginalized by me? I thought it all great - not quite what I expected from The Angry Young Man. Dave may not like it, but I do. It all fits into a neo-pagan Gaiea world view. I suppose it fits into alot of religions - except for the bit about (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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