Re: MD Theism, Non-Theism, Anti-Theism, Nihilism

From: Scott Roberts (jse885@cox.net)
Date: Thu Jul 14 2005 - 05:04:37 BST

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    Mark SH,

    msh 13 Jul 2005 at 15:49 PST:
    What does "anti-theistic" mean, exactly? Wouldn't this suggest an
    active denunciation or ongoing attempt to logically invalidate
    theism? Where do we find this in Pirsig?

    Scott: In the Copleston Annotations (on Ant McWatt's website):

    " The MOQ would add a fourth stage where the term "God" is completely
    dropped as a relic of an evil social suppression of intellectual and Dynamic
    freedom. The MOQ is not just atheistic in this regard. It is
    anti-theistic. "

    This looks to me like an active denunciation. What it means to me is that he
    wants to exclude from the intellectual conversation all theists. I find this
    very shortsighted of him, but then anyone who could say "faith is ... a
    willingness to believe in falsehoods" (also in the Annotations) clearly has
    a serious blindspot.

    - Scott

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