[MD] nature or religion?

[MarshaV]

John, I perused your Thomas Price assessment, and I think it
doesn't need to be so complicated.  Royce does seem to be
an interesting thinker for his time, but too many thoughts. In the 
now you BE nature, not just considering a relationship. imho.


Have a good time in Reno.


Marsha  




On Jan 12, 2010, at 1:36 PM, John Carl wrote:

> Hmmm... that's confusing Marsha,  Doesn't the Vatican know that Nature
> Worship IS a religion?
> 
> The only one I find worthy of my allegiance, anyway...
> 
> I found a cool Roycean reference on this matter this morning...
> 
> 
> Contrary to the prevailing dualism of modern philosophy that asserts
> that nature is essentially cleaved into mind and matter, Royce offers
> us a vision of man and nature as grounded in a whole that is social
> and ultimately one. By extending his general theory of being to the
> special field of philosophy of nature, the original nature of being
> shows us the intrinsic relatedness of man and nature, the community of
> human beings and natural beings.  According to Royce, the doctrine of
> evolution, when seen in the light of his social theory of being, shows
> us that man and nature are not only related on a continuum of internal
> relations (each exhibiting self-similar phenomena and behavior) but
> that the course of being per se and, thereby, the course of nature is
> moving towards a kind of “universal Sociology.”  Herein lies the
> possibility of meaningful contact and, ultimately, communication
> between natural beings and human beings.
> 
> This possibility, I assert, necessitates that we review our relations
> with natural beings and in particular reassess these relations in
> terms of the appreciative categories of respect and sympathy.
> 
> 
> And I'd have to agree with Mr. Thomas Price's assessment
> 
> http://tpf.siuc.edu/Volume%2015%20Web%20Files/Volume%2015%20Thomas%20W.%20Price.pdf
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>> VATICAN CITY — The Vatican newspaper and radio station have called the film "Avatar" simplistic, and criticized it for flirting with modern doctrines that promote the worship of nature as a substitute for religion.
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>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/12/vatican-slams-avatar-prom_n_419949.html
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