[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Platt]
Arlo. Case and others reflecting scientism say, "Don't ask because there is no
who or what." So, "Oops." 

[Alro]
Not "oops". "AHA!" How many times do I have to say it? Even if you don't buy
that they are different, please use "AHA!" when referring to my position. And I
will promise to use "transcendent consciousness" rather than "God" when
referring to yours. Deal?

"The Quality which creates the world emerges as a relationship between man and
his experience. He is a participant in the creation of all things." (Pirsig)

"The One can only be described allegorically, through the use of analogy, of
figures of imagination and speech." (Pirsig)

"Looked at but cannot be seen—
listened to but cannot be heard—
grasped at but cannot be touched—
these three elude all our inquiries and hence blend and become one.
Not by its rising is there light,
Not by its sinking is there darkness
Unceasing, continuous
It cannot be defined
And reverts again into the realm of nothingness
That is why it is called the form of the formless
The image of nothingness
That is why it is called elusive
Meet it and you do not see its face
Follow it and you do not see its back
He who holds fast to the quality of old
Is able to know the primeval beginnings
Which are the continuity of quality." (Pirsing restating the Tao Te Ching)