From: Miriam English (miriam@werple.net.au)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2001 - 21:04:00 MDT
At 12:24 PM 12/07/2001 -0700, J. R. Molloy wrote:
>From: "BigBooster" <fm1@amug.org>
> > 'Faces in the
> > Clouds: A New Theory of Religion' by Stewart Guthrie
> >
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195098919/qid=988736874/sr=1-1/ref=>
> sc_b_2/107-3519305-4017345>.
>
>...Guthrie says religion can best be understood as systematic
>anthropomorphism--that is, the attribution of human characteristics to
>nonhuman things and events.
Cool! If this is right religion will be defused simply by knowledge. That
may explain what seems to be a widespread secularising of western society
which is annoying the hell out of religions at the moment.
Cheers,
- Miriam
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