[extropy-chat] No Joy in Mudville

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Olga Bourlin <fauxever at sprynet.com> wrote:

> 
> As for the two "divided Americas" (as described by John Edwards in
> this article - the article is not all that well written, but has a
few
> good points), it just seems as if the gap gets wider (as science and
> technology marches forward), and "reasoning" with those on the
> evangelicals' side doesn't seem to work at all.

Because you walk in mocking what they believe. You then use terms that
are outside their reference set.

Roman Catholicism became the dominant religion in Europe because it
took some core philosophy and repackaged it in the religious framework
of the major groups they came across: first the Roman sun worshippers.

The principles of individual liberty became dominant here because they
were packaged as an 'enlightenment', which is a spiritual referent, not
a scientific one. Rationalists earned tolerance and comity by
presenting themselves as their own protestant sect of Unitarianism.

Every attempt that is made to repackage transhumanism in a religious
context is mocked.

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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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