[MD] Modern American Humanism and MOQ

[John Carl]

Hi Mark,

The Arrogance of Humanism, by David Eherenfeld.

Meandering?  Moi?

Maybe a bit.


John


On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:29 AM, 118 <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John.
>
> Oh, oh, I see a storm coming.  Got to get my umbrella.  I did say that
> meandering was expected.
>
> I'm sure you have presented this before, but what book are you referring
> to?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:21 AM, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Platt,
> >
> > I agree.  I think you'll like this one.
> >
> > http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/22404
> >
> > If any one book started it all for me, it was Eherenfeld's
> >
> > Ehrenfeld warns against a humanistic liberalism that sees itself as
> > godlike:
> >
> > . . . deep within ourselves we know that our omnipotence is a sham, our
> > knowledge and control of the future is weak and limited. Our inventions
> and
> > discoveries work, if they work at all in ways that we do not expect, our
> > planning is meaningless, our systems are running amok—in short, that the
> > humanistic assumptions upon which our societies are grounded lack
> validity.
> >
> >
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Platt Holden <plattholden at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Mark,
> > > Another quick first impression. First paragraph - worship of SOM.
> Second
> > > paragraph - denial of DQ. Third paragraph - denial of moral universe.
> > Last
> > > three paragraphs - worship of collectivism.
> > >
> > > Platt
> > >
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