[MD] Choosing Chance

[John Carl]

Andre,

I really am surprised to read that 95 percent of Americans ( I do not
> know if this is true so please correct me) living in the most
> democratic and free country on this earth believe in God.
>

Yup.  I've counted them and tabulated and that's the correct figure.

No, seriously, it varies somewhat, during really good times the number goes
down, during bad times the number goes up.  Go figure.  This is also a
holdover from the synthesis with the Indian and Victorians, both believing
in a Father God and thus both reinforcing this view to each other.

And a serious reason why, imho, an anti-theistic metaphysics is never going
to see wide acceptance.  We've got to deal with theism, tame it perhaps.
 Ignoring it is not going to make it go away.

The really amazing thing to me, since I do know something about the Bible,
is how many people claim to be BornAgainChristians, and yet voted for George
Bush!

Quite astonishing actually.

Out of all the categories though, the vast majority that I've encountered
pronounce themselves "spiritual, not religious".

For what its worth.


> Is the freedom contained within the choice Steve espouses perhaps not
> so  (spiritually) fulfilling? To wit: is Western freedom really
> unfreedom and we are deluding ourselves?
>

>From an 'outsider's' point of view asking an insider's point of view..


I find the assertion that God obviates Freedom to be a troubling and
unsupported one.  How does the existence of Infinite Mind eliminate Freedom?
 What is the logical argument?


John



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