Dialectical materialism offered a weak substitute for transcendent belief.
I’d start quoting, but I’d end up quoting most of it. So just go read it, if you’re interested in this sort of thing.
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This sort of article underlines why I find the modern atheism of people like Dawkins and Sam Harris so pointless. If you say that believing in God is dangerous, try getting rid of God, and you end being just as screwed up (if not more screwed up) than before. And you have zero spiritual consolations …..
The interesting thing is that Harris seems willing to allow for things like the ecstasy and oaceanic feeling one gets from traditional religion. He simply does think we should allow any irrational or mythical elements to our belief. Exactly, why?
It’s like citing polls that say that something like 30% or more believe in the Devil, or don’t believe in Evolution. So what?
The fact is that people are irrational (without being religious) all the time.
Well, really ought to proof. That’s “Oceanic” roughly similar to “mystical” (there’s a great upanishad that describes this).
And that’s Sam Harris wants to DIS-allow any irrational or mythical elements ….
Steve, the best response to atheists like that is “It isn’t God that’s screwed up, it’s just you.”
And the part about people being irrational without religion is perfectly true. As an example, I hold up “truthers”.
In my observation, a lot of self-proclaimed atheists actually are just mad at God, and they think by denying His existence they can punish Him for not making their lives a bowl of cherries.
My dialectic materialism is a little rusty. Or maybe that’s my front bumper… It’s so hard to know, these days.
I’m busy trying to figure out how to get myself declared an artist, so I can get me some of them property tax breaks. Think crapping in a Mason jar would work?
Or does true art need to be offensive in addition to stupid? I need a Marxist to advise me, I believe.
Hmmmmm. Well, wouldn’t you rather crap in a Faberge egg? That would be edgier.
To recap:
Thesis
Antithesis
Synthesis
Hysteresis
…
Profit!
Instead of crapping in a Faberge egg, how about actually crapping a Faberge egg? That would make an even bolder statement.
Please note that we’re talking performance art. You cannot just display the egg and claim you crapped it. It must be done live, 2 shows per day, 3 on Sundays.
What kind of useless book review is this?
The reviewer just describes the contents of the book as if he’d read the damn thing.
Where are the edgy references to sub-culture and the zeitgeist. He doesn’t even get in a reference to Britney or ANS.
And above all, he doesn’t show that IT’S ALL THE FAULT OF BUSH AND THE JOOOOOOOS
He seems to have skipped over the most popular politico-religion in the West: environmentalism. I can’t count the number of people I know who believe the Earth is sacred. I blame the Indians. And the Jews, of course.
Well, they are both . . . y’know . . . tribal.
Faberge eggs are not in my oeuvre, such as it is.
Maybe I’ll paint a crap portrait of Mohammed. And I don’t mean that merely in the sense that I happen to be a crappy portraitist.