Squonk, Glenn, Erin and y'all:
Squonk said:
This would lead to science class teaching it is scientific to suggest the
universe was created exactly as described in Genesis.
That would be a massive regression into a lower level of moral evolution
according to the MOQ?
DMB says:
Exactly. Creationism is a very specific position. It says the world was
created by the Judeo-Christian God just a few thousand years ago. It takes
the myths of Genesis quite literally. It is a biblically based belief about
human origins. Its not the same as teleological theories, which are about
the future and its direction. Pirsig's willingness to accept a teleological
view can't rightly be construed as a endorsement of creationism. Creationism
is for ignorant hicks, not mystics or philosophers.
P.S. Squonk, you've apparently wasted a great deal of your time in your
attempts to criticize Ken Wilber. It was so preposterous that its hard to
decide which of your many fallacies is most worthy of ridicule. If I had to
pick one, I guess it would be your attempt to dismiss him by insulting
American culture. Wilber is our most translated academic writer. I suppose
you'll next insult all 20 of the languages into which his books have been
translated? Maybe the second pick would be your suggestion that there is
somthing wrong with reading out of intellectual curiosity and the desire to
learn new ideas. Whew! Such a view seems to advocate a "massive regression
into a lover level of moral evolution". You talk as if ignorance were some
kind of virute, in which case, you'd be a very righteous dude.
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