The Fool wrote: > > From: Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I wrote: > > >>The only group you are likely to get consistent answers > from would be > > >>the anti-religious groups, as you can probably see from > some of the > > >>others who have already answered your email. > > > > William T. Goodall replied: > > >Doesn't this indicate where the compelling evidence leads? > > > > That the only group that follows in lockstep and allows no > dissent from > > their orthodoxy is the anti-religious group? > > Interesting. You are attempting to frame freethinkers and > rationalists > as authoritarian thought police. But the fact remains that > freethinkers > and rationalists have thrown off shackles of religious > thought control, > not the other way around. > > I nominate your post for newspeak / doublethink post of the month.
I oppose the nomination. :) I don't think he was trying to frame free-thinkers and rationalists as authoritarian thought police. Besides, there is a point in what he says: I have met many atheists who are best described as devout atheists. Their lack of theism is based not as much in rationality as in an overpowering hatred of all things religious. I am sure they have their reasons but I do think that they have thrown off only some of their 'religious shackles'. After all, an overwhelmingly strong negative reaction still indicates an emotional attachment, albeit a negative emotional attachment. Ritu _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
