[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Ron, Marsha, Ian,

Marsha:
>Screw reason, I am an atheist!!!

Ron:
>PERFECT screw reason. Nice.  Steve, how the hell do we expect to change
>Religious peoples views if we can't even get atheists to appeal to
>reason?
>Marsha makes my point quite eloquently, it's not religion it's
>intolerance.

Steve:
I'm not sure that Marsha's "screw reason" is to be taken really seriously. 

As I've said before, reason is just a word for itellectual quality. It doesn't presuppose specific rules for deciding what ideas have quality i.e are reasonable. "Screw intellectual quality" sounds like a very bad policy to me. If she was serious it is the equal of religious people's rejection of reason in the name of faith.

Regards,
Steve