XPost: talk.religion.buddhism, alt.zen, alt.philosophy.zen   
   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: oxtail@nowhere.org   
      
   Keynes wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:47:39 -0400, Tang Huyen   
   >  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>In a certain religion, it is asked: what good is it to win the world and   
   >>lose your soul? In the case of the above people, it is possible that all   
   >>their soul is wrapped up with the Church, even in ostentatious   
   >>rebellion. Can they get away from it and live in independence from it?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Rationalism is a religion of its own, a faith in human intelligence and   
   > the 'knowability' of the world.  It's reductionism to 'merely this' and   
   > 'exactly that', burying the old spooks after putting stakes through   
   > their hearts. (Without supplying any actual explanations. Modern just-so   
   > stories replace the old just-so stories.)   
   >   
   > Secular pursuit of knowledge relies on the literal truths discovered.   
   > Even allowing for further amendments the mode is literal and absolutist.   
   > Good students may know a whole lot about near nothing, without   
   > suspecting that there is anything missing or left out of their   
   > calculations. Separating the true from the false they drift on the shiny   
   > surface of superficiality.   
      
      
   Of course we could have kept on   
   killing each other with stones.   
   But atomic bombs are damn impressive.   
   No wonder I think we can all   
   live comfortably while doing nothing,   
   as soon as we learn to share.   
      
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   Oxtail is not doing what he thinks he is doing here.   
      
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