From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Jul 10 2001 - 12:09:51 MDT
>From: "S. Talcott Smith" <up_with_a_twist@yahoo.com>
>Like "M. E. Smith" who posted yesterday, I merely lurk here to
>sample the tasty morsels of good ideas. A significant quantity of
>posts however, exhibit a "religiously" anti-religious bias if you
>will, that squelches or discourages some enlightening discussion.
>It is a curious phenomena given the transparently mythical and
>mystical ideas which seem to drive this movement.
I seem to be particularly dense this week, so please explain in
simple terms the "transparently mythical and mystical ideas" on
which this "movement" is based.
>In my observation, Extropianism, like Objectivism and other -isms,
>tends to draw a "rational" fanatical element that is more
>interested in finding and expounding the one true belief than
>actually growing or exploring new ideas. However, these people are
>the life blood of movements and without them, we might never come
>into contact with these new and interesting ideas. Despite
>or perhaps because of these tensions, this movement or at least
>this list is still very much alive. So, thank you all!
Religion isn't a new idea, it is an old idea, one most of us are
familiar with, and many have rejected.
Brian
Member:
Extropy Institute, www.extropy.org
National Rifle Association, www.nra.org, 1.800.672.3888
SBC/Ameritech Data Center Chicago, IL, Local 134 I.B.E.W
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 08:08:38 MST