From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sat Nov 06 2004 - 13:37:43 GMT
Hi Sam
Fair enough, but whilst we seek out the best of the tradition
we also have to condemn the worst of the tradition.
DM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Norton" <elizaphanian@kohath.wanadoo.co.uk>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: MD terror & religion
> Hi David,
>
> Don't know about attacked, my feeling was exasperation more than anything
> else. The particular quote
> that got my goat was:
>
> "While Eastern mysticism has its fair share of unjustified belief, it
> undoubtedly represents
> humankind's best attempt at fashioning a spiritual science. The methods of
> introspection one finds
> in Buddhism, for instance, have no genuine equivalents in the West. And
> the suggestion that they do
> is born of a desperate attempt on the part of Westerners to make all
> religious traditions seem
> equally wise. They simply aren't."
>
> I just don't think that's a defensible point of view - I can't see a
> better way of describing it
> than as a prejudice, ie an opinion formed without a full acquaintance with
> the facts of the matter.
> Not uncommon, but not worth celebrating either.
>
> As for a fallible seeking of the truth, I'm with you completely. Certainty
> is the scary thing - but
> this guy was displaying more than enough certainty for the time being. I
> think there's a very
> interesting and fruitful discussion to be had, linking the MoQ with what
> is good in the western
> tradition, but that can only be had when these sorts of prejudices have
> been removed. For as long as
> they remain there will be more heat than light - and that applies to the
> bombs as well as the words.
>
> Regards
> Sam
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Morey" <us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: MD terror & religion
>
>
>> Hi Sam
>>
>> Interesting, do you feel attacked in this interview?
>> Can you expand upon what is misconceived by the author?
>> Personally I put a fallible seeking of truth before religion,
>> and fear the potential violence of those who claim to 'know'
>> although at this time this seeking places me outside of the
>> secular camp and its built-in incapacity to face its own inadequacies.
>>
>> DM
>
>
>
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