[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[David M]

Arlo

Bit of a straw man though don't you think?
I thought you could easily take on something more
substantial.

David M

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From: "ARLO J BENSINGER JR" <ajb102 at psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)


> [David M]
> Problem is this is not exactly characteristic of religion. Is god not some
> rather nasty score keeper with his eye on you, recording all your sins.
> Religion warm and fuzzy. Has it ever been that?
>
> [Arlo]
> In the Occidental tradition? Definitely not. In the Buddhism tradition, 
> perhaps
> more so. But the "warm and fuzzy" I am talking about is the important 
> feeling
> that comes from believing some "transcendent intelligence" designed you 
> and
> made you for a purpose. "Purpose", as Platt proposes, arises from the act 
> of a
> supernatural being. I don't buy it. But he apparently needs it.
>
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