On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:56 AM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 5/2/2013 3:32 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > I'm simply pointing out that you may be under the influence of > christian morality even though you reject christianity. This is not > surprising, we grew in a western civilisation that was greatly > influenced by christianity. In this case I believe you are being > puritanical because you believe that certain pursuits are not worthy > because they do not contribute to the material common good. This moral > value is not exclusive to christianity, of course, but given that your > name is "John Clark" I would bet that that is where it originates > from, in your case. > > > It's not only not exclusive to Christianity it's not exclusive to religion. > It has been part of every human (and probably hominid) tribe since the > beginning of the species.
Not at all, humans are not social insects. We have a strong drive for art, introspection and self-expression. Asian cultures have placed a high value on meditation for millennia. Many tribes developed their religions and proto-religions around entheogens. People smoke and watch porn. Western puritanism either rejects or highly regulates all of these things. > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
