[extropy-chat] Engineered Religion (was Atheism in decline)

[Joseph Bloch]

No, no, Dirk.

He said it had to both preach *and practice* those things.

Strike Asatru from the list.

Joseph

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Dirk Bruere wrote:

> john-c-wright at sff.net wrote:
>
>> My suggestion, of course, is to school them in a religion that 
>> preaches and
>> practices charity to the poor, the kindness to the infirm and 
>> chivalry to the
>> weak. That way, once they become our superiors, they will have a 
>> better nature
>> to which to appeal.   
>>
> You're correct - Asatru.
> Plus respect for family and elders.
>
> However, I think that a distinction should be made between being weak 
> and being powerless. Weakness is reprehensible and is a selfmade quality.
>