[ExI] Christianity: where to now?.

[The Avantguardian]

--- M1N3R <m1n3r2 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: "The Avantguardian" <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 8:50 PM
> 
> > (...) goddess despite giving birth to someone who was supposedly God. It 
> > is a
> > glorification of the male half of the primate heiarchy and a ridiculous
> > anthropomorphization of nature. The universe is not a monkey!
> 
> Granted, but then think of the society from which the Bible originates. 
> Women weren't treated as equals then (and particularly in THAT society). 
> What do you mean by the "ridiculous anthropomorphization of nature", if I 
> may inquire?

I mean simply the psychological projection of human traits onto natural
phenomenon. The belief that some guy got hit by lightning because God was angry
at him rather than because he was an idiot who played golf during a
thundershower.
 

Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

"Fear is proof of a degenerate mind [...] Fortune favors the bold [...] Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances [...] Love conquers all."- Virgil