[Vision2020] answer to Melynda, neglected paragraph.

[Eric Engerbretson]

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>>> And so, according to these folks, if DW tries to tell people what he 
>>> thinks is right and wrong, he is a religious freak supposedly trying 
>>> to take over the Palouse.  But if Nick or Joan tries to tell people 
>>> what is right and wrong they are simply normal, non-biased people 
>>> trying to create a more tolerant and benevolent society for us all.  
>>> Nick & Joan, et al, need to realize that they are religious, and 
>>> that they, too, are trying to make the world see things the way they 
>>> do.
>>
>> I think we've got some semantic confusion here (deja vu!).  Everyone 
>> has a worldview.  Me, Eric, Joan, Ted, Nick, Debbie, Tami--you name 
>> her, she's got a world view. But not every world view is a religion.  
>> So I can share a religion (Christianity) with Doug and Eric, although 
>> not a world view.  Likewise Ted can reject religion, while holding 
>> passionately a non-religious value system which privileges care for 
>> one another.

One more time... a "non-religious value system" is a myth.  It's an 
oxymoron. Ted likes to think he's non-religious, but he worships 
"passionately" at the altar of his value system.  Anyone that has a 
value system has a religion. Anybody who thinks they don't have a value 
system-- that's another religion.  If it makes you feel better about 
yourself, call yourself non-religious-- but the only people you're 
fooling are the other non-religious people repeating their mantras, and 
following their priests.

>
>> It is possible to construct a civil society in which many religions 
>> and non-religious world views are valued and their expression 
>> protected.

Absolutely. It's called America. I like it. I value the people with 
other religions, because God does, and I would fight and die to protect 
their right to express their religions. But I would never be so silly 
as to then assume that their directly conflicting dogmas are somehow 
all correct.

Best regards,

Eric E.




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208-883-0997 (CCM, leave message)
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<excerpt>And so, according to these folks, if DW tries to tell people
what he thinks is right and wrong, he is a religious freak supposedly
trying to take over the Palouse.  But if Nick or Joan tries to tell
people what is right and wrong they are simply normal, non-biased
people trying to create a more tolerant and benevolent society for us
all.  Nick & Joan, et al, need to realize that they are religious, and
that they, too, are trying to make the world see things the way they
do.

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I think we've got some semantic confusion here (deja vu!).  Everyone
has a worldview.  Me, Eric, Joan, Ted, Nick, Debbie, Tami--you name
her, she's got a world view. But not every world view is a religion. 
So I can share a religion (Christianity) with Doug and Eric, although
not a world view.  Likewise Ted can reject religion, while holding
passionately a non-religious value system which privileges care for
one another.  

</excerpt></excerpt>

One more time... a "non-religious value system" is a myth.  It's an
oxymoron. Ted likes to <italic>think</italic> he's non-religious, but
he worships "passionately" at the altar of his value system.  Anyone
that has a value system has a religion. Anybody who thinks they don't
have a value system-- that's another religion.  If it makes you feel
better about yourself, call yourself non-religious-- but the only
people you're fooling are the other non-religious people repeating
their mantras, and following their priests.


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<excerpt>It is possible to construct a civil society in which many
religions and non-religious world views are valued and their
expression protected.

</excerpt></excerpt>

Absolutely. It's called America. I like it. I value the people with
other religions, because God does, and I would fight and die to
protect their right to express their religions. But I would never be
so silly as to then assume that their directly conflicting dogmas are
somehow all correct.


Best regards,


Eric E.



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<smaller><smaller><x-tad-smaller>208-882-0459 (lobby, no message)

208-883-0997 (CCM, leave message)

516 S Main, Moscow ID 83843

eric@eric-e.com

http://www.ccmbooks.org


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