[MD] new blog

[MarshaV]

Steve,

I've been thinking about the way to liberate self and all 
individuals, and it is to NOT treat them like either subject or 
object.  That would be something dynamic worth cultivating.


Marsha







At 11:48 AM 1/24/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Ian, Marsha,
>
>>Welcome to the blogoshpere Leela.
>>That's pretty much the line I take too, so I'd have no problem linking
>>or helping anyway I can.
>>The anonymity can't last once discussion gets "serious", but it's good
>>to have the anonyous handle whilst you're in blogging mode.
>>Good luck - the one eye and the pony-tail suit you ;-)
>
>Thanks for your support, Ian. I'm still not sure about using an 
>alias, but there are a lot of wackos out there on the internet for 
>whom this is more than just a touchy subject. Let me know if you 
>ever would like to contribute an article. I don't want it to be MY 
>blog, just a blog about the things that I would like to be having 
>conversations about.
>
>Marsha, I was thinking of you when I posted here about my blog. I 
>thought it may be a project that you could help with or at least be 
>interested in--especially when I wrote in my intro:
>
>"If atheists hope to be convincing to believers, we must espouse a 
>philosophy of hope for a better future that is also intellectually 
>honest. We must present a better option to theism than nihilistic 
>philosophical materialism. We have to learn to tell better stories 
>about the possibilities for human flourishing, love, morality, and 
>hope than the theists do but with the constraint that our stories 
>must be true. And I believe that the philosophy that is needed to 
>communicate that vision in America where we are uniquely religious 
>in the developed world is the uniquely American philosophical 
>tradition of pragmatism."
>
>What do you think? Do you think you can tell a good story of hope 
>for a better future that doesn't include lies about virgin births 
>and resurrections?
>
>Clearly, the dominant SOM culture has left Americans with a false 
>choice between romantic "religious bamboozlement" and classical 
>"yeastless factuality" and materialism. Pirsig offers a way of 
>keeping our heads and our hearts that I hope to be able to 
>communicate in my blog.
>
>Regards,
>Steve
>
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