Comments on: Junta 2: The God Problem http://nycjunta.com/2008/09/29/junta-2-the-god-problem/ Strong opinions, strong drink Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:24:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Spirit Wrap – NYC Junta http://nycjunta.com/2008/09/29/junta-2-the-god-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Spirit Wrap – NYC Junta Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:03:54 +0000 http://nycjunta.com/?p=23#comment-703 [...] there is; it is the expression of doubt on the question which marks the agnostic. I recalled our conversation with Pete from three years ago, when he put forth the case for atheism. The burden of proof, he asserted, [...] [...] there is; it is the expression of doubt on the question which marks the agnostic. I recalled our conversation with Pete from three years ago, when he put forth the case for atheism. The burden of proof, he asserted, [...]

]]> By: Hurewitz http://nycjunta.com/2008/09/29/junta-2-the-god-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Hurewitz Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:16:54 +0000 http://nycjunta.com/?p=23#comment-3 Great wrap-up, Rindy. I don't think Don was born a Catholic in Kansas but rather the child of god-less goat-herders along the Central Asian steppe. I’m definitely firmly in the “pseudo-spiritual” group that Pete talked about, with vaguely articulated ideas about god and spirituality that nevertheless mean a lot to me and my worldview and my sense of right and wrong. I understood the argument that Pete made about people’s lack of belief being as worthy of respect of those of believers, but it is, historically, the lot of certain kinds of believers to be the subject of the worst persecution. My own ethnic identity as a Jew colors this (though as I’m reminded during the current Jewish holiday season, I have little feeling for the orthodoxy of the religion), and it is one of the things I think most abhorrent about China’s repression of Tibet: it’s not that I think Tibet should be free, but that they are destroying the ethnic identity of a people and their right as human beings to worship as they see fit. Ultimately, from an anthropological and philosophical perspective it is fascinating how and in what way people believe, and more than I believe in any religion I believe in people’s right to worship as they see fit. Just don’t tell me what to believe in or not believe in. Great wrap-up, Rindy. I don’t think Don was born a Catholic in Kansas but rather the child of god-less goat-herders along the Central Asian steppe.

I’m definitely firmly in the “pseudo-spiritual” group that Pete talked about, with vaguely articulated ideas about god and spirituality that nevertheless mean a lot to me and my worldview and my sense of right and wrong. I understood the argument that Pete made about people’s lack of belief being as worthy of respect of those of believers, but it is, historically, the lot of certain kinds of believers to be the subject of the worst persecution. My own ethnic identity as a Jew colors this (though as I’m reminded during the current Jewish holiday season, I have little feeling for the orthodoxy of the religion), and it is one of the things I think most abhorrent about China’s repression of Tibet: it’s not that I think Tibet should be free, but that they are destroying the ethnic identity of a people and their right as human beings to worship as they see fit. Ultimately, from an anthropological and philosophical perspective it is fascinating how and in what way people believe, and more than I believe in any religion I believe in people’s right to worship as they see fit. Just don’t tell me what to believe in or not believe in.

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