Re: Just as a bye-the-way
Posted by
Robert J. Cordingley on
Mar 23, 2012; 6:13pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Just-as-a-bye-the-way-tp7397553p7399462.html
I'm told many find comfort in the teachings of <insert your
spiritual leader here>. I thought it odd/insightful that
Joseph
Cambell found the same core message in the world's major
religious teachings. I can believe moral atheists share the same
core teachings. Then there are those from all persuasions that
hijack a religion for their own purposes: political or financial
power - they can all burn in hell! :) But hey if it works even as a
social phenomenon, i.e. allows one to enjoy life and live longer and
die in peace, can we knock it?
Otherwise I must congratulate Father Doug in becoming a man of the
cloth at the
CotFSM and
following in a long line of inspired spiritual teachers. I liked
the bit about
'
we are
anti-crazy nonsense done in the name of religion.'
(see the About page). Noodle on.
Thanks,
Robert C
PS What would you believe if you had infinite intelligence? R
On 3/22/12 11:31 PM, Russ Abbott wrote:
Doug, I don't want to pick on you, but your
certificate strikes me as indirect bullying.
I'm as atheistic as they come, but I know
a number of people who (for reasons that I don't
understand) take religion quite seriously. They are
intelligent, pleasant people, not the sort to rub their
beliefs in anyone's face. Most are politically left of
center. One has a bumper sticker that reads "A proud
member of the religious left".
Why pick on them? I'm sure you don't
intend to. I'm sure you are making fun of the Rick
Santorums of the world. It's just that by casting as
wide a net as the Flying Spaghetti Monster does, it also
makes fun of everyone with religious feelings.
The answer someone like Sam Harris would
give is that what they say is either false or without
any shred of objective support. But the people I'm
thinking of don't go around proclaiming their beliefs as
The Truth. They go about their business simply wanting
to experience the world through a different lens. The
fact that I don't understand it -- and I don't; I'm
completely mystified by their way of thinking about
certain things -- doesn't give me the right to ridicule
it.
Sorry for the rant.
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:07 PM,
Douglas Roberts
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wrote:
Don't want my FRIAM friends and acquaintances to be the
last to know:
If you feel like getting married, I can now conduct
the ceremony.
"With this rigatoni, I thee wed, etc."
-Father Doug
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