[ExI] Tolerance

[moulton at moulton.com]

On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 19:38 -0800, Lee Corbin wrote:

> Now here's a good analogy, one that even won't even dismay
> the losing side:
> 
> Atheism is like darkness, and religion is like light. Atheism
> is not just another color of light, it's the absence of light.
> You may ask for the frequencies of light, but not for that of
> darkness.
> 
> If there is no light---and in this case there just isn't---one
> ought to prefer seeing nothing.
 
Very interesting analogy; particularly since the Light versus Dark
dualism that has historical roots in many areas from India to the
Mediterranean area and is seen in many religious traditions.

Fred