[MD] Fear of Death

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John,
I agree, it all about rhetoric. The art of persuasion.

Sophists had it right. But since their wisdom was questioned,

For they practiced the art to pusuade, explanations were to be

based in reason. Very basic comon understanding of meaning.

I can see where the idea of the spirit of the good, might be argued

to be the most general principle of being.

-Ron



----- Original Message ----
From: John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com>
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 10:41:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] Fear of Death

Greetings Dan,

I like what I've learned here about God.  Its through thinking and writing
that I came to the conclusion that God is a high Quality pattern.  When you
need  to create group unity, deal with fear of death, enforce a moral code,
nothing comes in handier than a conceptualization of God.

The problem comes in when this conceptualization becomes a static club to
beat other people over the head.  But the same can happen with any rigidly
held belief - witness the recent discussions of SOL, for instance.

I also think that God is a high quality intellectual concept in the
maturation of children.  They need something to attach to early, that they
can grow out of later and become fully self-realized beings.  In order to
create a strong individual, you need a strong metaphysical weight to push
against.  I believe the MoQ could be a helpful tool in this process, but not
by adopting a rigid anti-theistic attitude.  That just creates a hostile
reaction in a world where the majority do believe in some kind of theos.

Sometime, I'd like to revisit an old discussion that probably passed away
before I (recently) came aboard.  The God = Good formulation hinted at in
ZAMM and promised fuller explication in the next book, which never came.

Take care,

John
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