Agreed. Those people who do not hold religion and their institutions and activities as a part of their lives, would not be affected much should it suddently disappear.
Obviously, those people who DO, would. So Gruss' argument is still completely without merit. On 7/24/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would simply caution against equating spirituality (a faith in a "higher > power" or "universal meaning" or "connectedness with others") with > religion. > > I'm a proud atheist. I often feel the lure of spiritual thinking but > never > feel a pang at the loss of religion from my life. > > Don't take as approval of religion bashing on my part however. I'm quite > happy allowing people to may their own decisions on that score. > > I'm just reacting to the idea that organized religion is the seat of > supernatural faith. I don't think it is for the simple fact that these > supernatural beliefs came before religion (and appear to superseding them > again). > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:211727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
