[MD] Religion is subordinate to science

[Squonkonguitar at aol.com]

Squonk,

You include this exchange ...

Matt:
Two, if we  focus on "religious people", then of course they have
intellectual patterns  of value because no person doesn't.

Mark:
This assertion simply  requires one example of a religious person with no
intellectual values to be  refuted.

Breathtaking. I say, you exemplify my complaint with the  unnecessary
binary argumentation. Why do you need to attack "religious  people" in
general, quite independent of any patterns of thought they hold  as
individual persons ?

It's like, we only need one person who  believes in the MoQ to be shown
to be completely mad, and clearly the MoQ is  complete madness. A
really useful agrument, not.

It's not all or  nothing. This is no place for simple logical
dialectic, good though you are  at it.

Ian

Ian,
It's a feature of your MD and MF contributions that they read  like they are 
written (and reasoned) like a blog entry slapped  together between bytes of 
sandwich at work lunchtime.
I can just see the Powerpoint presentation now: It's Binary argumentation  
stupid.
Or maybe: It's not Binary argumentation i don't think, not.
 
Even you would acknowledge the possibility that there is, in fact, at least  
one Human being, possibly living in the US bible belt for example, who is 
bereft  of intellectual patterns, and as such may constitute one who may be 
legitimately  described as a 'religious person' without intellectual patterns.
 
It's Moral evolution stupid.
 
This is not a binary argument. MOQ Moral evolutionary progression dictates  
the circumstances for such a person (as a particular snap shot of a forest  of 
sq patterns) to be. Read Lila.
 
It's simple logical dialectic, not, stupid. Not. errrrrrrrrrrr.
 
As for the accusation that i 'need' to attack religious people in general,  
well, i do need to challenge those who use social authority to undermine  
Intellectual patterns, Intellectual patterns like the MOQ for example. Got a  
problem with that have you Ian? So what? The MOQ suggests that such an activity  is 
a moral activity.
If you don't like it: Toughties.
 
Back to your sandwich.
 
Mark