On 01/24/2017 02:01 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote: > I’d need to know which part of Biblical morality we’re talking about.
I agree. I like the Jefferson Bible, wherein TJ tried to extract Jesus' teachings from the rest of the hooha in the Bible. I think those teachings _might_ cohere as a standalone work. But most of the Christians I have experience with don't really focus on Jesus. They tend to like the Psalms, Revelations, etc. So, it's unclear how/if we can pull out the stuff they find attractive and have it cohere. > On 01/24/2017 10:52 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: >> Can the yummy parts arise as a result of a small set of principles >> consistent with empirical facts? If so, they could be presented in the >> usual prescriptive ways for this kind of audience, and then maybe life could >> go on without unpleasant extinction events and that sort of thing. My favorite mathematician Raymond Smullyan has written a few books on religion that talk quite a bit about Christianity. He seemed to suggest that it's overall a decent system _if_ you get rid of the concept of Hell. And I think Hitchens used to identify Hell as the most abhorrent thing about it. -- ☣ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove