Hi, Squad!
Jonathhon wrote:
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Though we may phrase it in different ways, Donny, Bo and myself all
allow for what Bo calls "ordinary sensibility" and I call "basic human
decency" or "gut instinct".
Platt called it "warmed over pseudo love" in his post of 22 November.
In the same paragraph Platt wrote:-
<<<
If the MoQ is anything, it is a departure from morality written on a
stone tablet....
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I fully agree with that statement of Platt's, but I suspect that his
"departure" is to a new Pirsigian stone tablet or Pirsigian god. Sorry
Platt if I misunderstand, but this how I interpret your negative
reactions to my postings.
JONATHAN:
> Yes Platt. Take Pirsig's ideas, make a chart, program them into a
> computer and start asking questions ....
>
> and when your new god tells you to sacrifice your own child . . .
what's
> going to hold you back Platt?
>
> Is anything going to hold you back?
HORSE replied:-
>Well you could start with the rejection of ANY God.
>Personally I mistrust all of them.
Right Horse. That's just my point. Healthy scepticism based on "basic
human decency" is paramount.
That's what holds people back. Otherwise, we may end up "just following
orders"
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The "ordinary sensibility", "basic human decency", gut instinct you guys are discussing is all built on Social level "values" - Judeo-Christian ethics here in the West.
The idea of rejecting any God based on "basic human decency" is mildly amusing.
Don R. (drose)
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