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

[ian glendinning]

OK DMB, so exterminating was bit strong :-) It wouild have been
hateful if I'd intended it literally, that's for sure.

Constantly "finding things to disagree with until they admit they were
wrong all along" perhaps ... wanting to "win" the argument.

Ian



On 8/9/06, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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