Great quote Allen. Thanks. Michael
Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: > "It is a good question whether the Wittgensteinian account [previously > discussed] chimes very well with the self-understanding of believers, > and whether it matters if it does not. It has consequences for one > problem that troubles Dawkins, which is the extent to which even > atheists seem drawn to ‘respect’ the attitudes and beliefs of religious > people. Why should anyone ‘respect’ the belief that there is a china > teapot orbiting the sun? It is just dotty, and there is an end of it. > But if we see a religious tradition as a record of a culture’s ongoing > attempts to cope with fear and hope, life and death, gain and loss, > then it becomes a candidate for respect, just as much as the other > poetry and songs of our ancestors." --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5800 or send a blank email to leave-5800-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
