From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 12:38:22 GMT
Hi Don (Drose):
> Some questions for you.
>
> > For me the best religion is pursuing Dynamic Quality by creating and
> > contemplating art as well as by pursuing beauty in all my endeavors.
>
> How does this in any way differ in kind from any other religious activity?
No need for intermediaries (church, rituals, priests, gurus) to experience
DQ.
> > I reject religions based on faith including Christianity and Islam.
>
> Explain to me how the basis of your, uh, faith in DQ is qualitatively any
> different than a reasoned faith in God, Allah, etc.
DQ is directly experienced and thus empirical. Faith is low quality--a
willingness to believe in falsehoods.
> > I reject all religious sects because their rituals and practices
> > promulgate static social patterns.
>
> Do they? How so?
Traditions are static.
> > I reject social moral codes based on divine revelation such as the 10
> > commandments because they have no intellectual base.
>
> I'm sure God would argue that one:-) What makes the commandment "Though
> shalt not commit murder" any less a valid social value than a law on the
> books derived solely from the mind of a man?
The commandment is based on a fairy tale. The law is based on social
values. A society could not survive if murder was legal.
> > I seek to understand the conceptually unknown through art because its
> > essence is, as Pirsig asserts, aesthetic. Thus I find some religious art
> > to be inspirational and revealing of DQ.
> You have postulated elsewhere that there is "good" and "bad" art,
> specifically in the form of music. I have to asssume that you use some
> objective criteria to establish what is "more" aesthetic. Or is it "merely"
> what you like? If Bach is aesthetically superior to Rush, there must be
> some objective quality that makes it so?
"Objectivity" in art derives from the combined opinions of those who know
what they are talking about--art historians and critics. What is "more"
aesthetic to me personally is art which engenders an experience of DQ.
> > For me, art and beauty can make a direct connection to Dynamic Quality.
> > That's my religion. IMO there's none better.
>
> For me, ritual and practice can make a direct connection to Dynamic
> Quality.
Fine. Go with what works for you. Care to give us some examples?
Peace to you, too, friend Don.
Platt
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