2011/9/6 Stefano Vaj <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stefano.vaj@gmail.com">stefano.vaj@gmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><br><div>If anything, making explicit references to a broad "religious" nature or compatibility of transhumanism puts us even more in the position of direct competitors to established churches and persuasions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Witch-hunting is certainly a time-honoured sport, but its popularity pales in comparison with burning heretics - who are after all in the same market and food chain - on the stake.<br></div></div></blockquote>
<div><br><br>Hi Stefano -<br><br>Yes, I've replied there - but I agree that stressing the concept of religion is almost certainly counter-productive in any number of ways. It's just that reacting against it too forcefully might be similarly counter-productive. As is the case with most things, my intuition is that there is probably some optimal "middle way", as the Buddhists would say.<br>
<br>Besides which, I notice that 'true believers' don't tend to talk about religion in the abstract the way non-believers do - perhaps because if you've found your "One True Way" other points of view are unlikely to win the same status as your own belief system.<br>
<br>- A<br></div></div>