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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Climate-Gate
  • Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:05:58 -0800

Nah, religion, gods, etc. have/had nothing to do with reason and everything to do with control, superstitions/fear and explanations of things the sheople didn't/couldn't understand.

The holocaust was all about control, superstitions/fear and explanations. Not necessarily reasonable or even the truth. He gave them what they wanted to hear. As does your list of the usual suspects.

Lynda
--"I'm fascinated by the hard line you're drawing over religion -- It gets
used too much, as an excuse, a fall guy, a weapon, a con. A lot of people,
maybe most, don't mean it except when it suits them." Dallas
----- Original Message ----- From: <rayzentz AT aim.com>

I take issue with only one part of your explanation, James. Reason alone, is not sufficient to elevate to "Godhood". That reason must be tempered by morals, or, if you will, ethics.
Reason, after all, led to the holocaust. Hitler reasoned everything he did, as does Osama, Obama, and even Achmadinijad (spelling butchery, I know). Reason untempered can be extremely dangerous, and if you want to apply god status to it, well, some people worship evil, too.

Sophistry is also reason, taken to extremes.





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