RE: MD Anti-theism in the MOQ

From: Paul Turner (paul@turnerbc.co.uk)
Date: Tue Jul 27 2004 - 10:01:34 BST

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    Hi Chuck

    Chuck said:
    Also belief in God is not necessary to experience religion or mysticism,
    so why can't the MOQ be religious and mystical and atheistic?

    Paul:
    It can and is.

    "With its emphasis on the spiritual character of ultimate reality and on
    the relation between the finite spirit and infinite Spirit idealism
    stood for a religious outlook as against materialistic positivism and
    the tendency of empiricism in general to by-pass religious problems or
    to leave room, at best for a somewhat vague agnosticism." [Copleston,
    History of Philosophy, Vol. 8: Idealism]

    To which Pirsig adds:

    "The MOQ is an atheistic religious outlook that solves rather than
    bypasses religious problems." [Pirsig, COPLESTON ANNOTATIONS, 2000]

    cheers

    Paul

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