[MD] New Model Army, Mystic(DQ) Experience, and Religion (SQ) as Power

[david buchanan]

dmb and Ant quoted Pirsig:
"The MOQ would add a fourth stage where the term "God" is completely dropped 
as a relic of an evil social suppression of intellectual and Dynamic 
freedom.   The MOQ is not just atheistic in this regard.  It is 
anti-theistic.  (p.208, Copleston Annotations)"

Ian replied:
I always jump to Bob's "in this regard" qualifier. ...MoQ is totally 
anti-theistic towards the term - as a tool of suppression - of DQ, etc. 
People who pick up this relic and use it as that kind of blunt instrument 
need resisting and educating, not exterminating. Educating in the MoQ.

dmb says:
Oh, come on. Nobody is talking about extermination. Being opposed to a set 
of beliefs is hardly the same thing as mass murder. I thought you were 
trying to be even-handed and respectful of all sides. Its hard to imagine 
how one could dream up an accusation that is more hyperbolic and outrageous 
than that. The math just doesn't add up. Philosophical criticism does not 
equal genocide. This goes way beyond bogus, Ian. Its just plain hateful.

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