Re: Anti-Theism (was MD Is Morality Relative?)

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sat Dec 04 2004 - 10:44:20 GMT

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    Sam,

    Not me you misunderstood - we may both be misunderstanding Hicks satire.

    Ian
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Sam Norton" <elizaphanian@kohath.wanadoo.co.uk>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 8:11 AM
    Subject: Re: Anti-Theism (was MD Is Morality Relative?)

    > Ah! I misunderstood you. Yes, of course the love of God is a danger to
    this country. Yes indeed.
    >
    > Ta
    > Sam
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Ian Glendinning" <ian@psybertron.org>
    > To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:35 PM
    > Subject: Re: Anti-Theism (was MD Is Morality Relative?)
    >
    >
    > > Interesting Sam,
    > >
    > > We do all indeed read through our own prejudices (or schemata) It
    probably
    > > shows (as Ant McWatt previously noted), that Bill Hicks made interesting
    > > philosophical reading / listening / watching.
    > >
    > > Certainly the passage you quoted is identical bar the odd word to the
    > > transcript of Rant in E-Minor (I've just checked.)
    > > The next line is as I said, though the paragraph after that goes on to
    > > complain that the Love of God viewpoint gets in the way of good solid
    > > national government policies based on fear and WMD (10 years before WMD
    was
    > > coined BTW). Either way he is being ironic.
    > >
    > > Anyway comedy is nothing if not ambiguous.
    > > Ian
    >
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