From: Party of Citizens (citizens@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Sat Jul 28 2001 - 13:42:30 MDT
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> Party of Citizens wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> >
> > > Party of Citizens wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > Extropy is not a religion, but cryonics tries very hard to be one.
> > > > >
> > > > > We are addressing the same purposes that religion serves, and are trying to
> > > > > achieve the same goals that religionists desire.
> > > >
> > > > Bull's eye.
> > >
> > > Show me some organization in society which DOESN'T address similar
> > > purposes.
> >
> > Nice going, Robin Hood. I think you split the arrow in the bull's eye.
> > "Ubiquitous religiosity"?
>
> At which point, the term loses all meaning, indicating that someone is
> trying to paint with too broad a brush.
There are universals in social-political sciences, or close to
universals. For example, all societies I know of have
leaders. Purposiveness of all institutions quickly takes us into values,
mores, totem and taboo...RELIGION.
POC
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