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XPost: alt.philosophy, alt.atheism
From: fox_rgfszx@trashmail.net
Joseph Humming wrote in
news:8d1ba9b4-1907-47bc-bbe0-683072dcacb9@64g2000hsw.googlegroups.com:
> On Feb 21, 3:39 am, Enkidu wrote:
>> Joseph Humming wrote in
>> news:b8c43364-1553-463c-
>
>> 850d-9411a26ed...@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com:
>>
>> > Human beings tend to believe their view of existence is complete
>> > and inclusive. Why should they assume otherwise?
>>
>> Speak for yourself, Skippy!
>
> I am.
>
> But I am also speaking about - if not for - most others. I don';t see
> too many others proclaiming the insufficiency of their beliefs. Most
> people and most - if not all - cultures take for granted the truth of
> their prevailing beliefs. Nothing earth-shattering there, I think. I
> would go further, though, and say that this tendency to take for
> granted the sufficiency of received belief must be central to the
> endurance of particular cultures. The opposite tendency - to question
> endlessly - would have destroyed continuity. Thus error persisted to
> this time. Tradition is held sacred. We have "got away with" such
> confusion until now. The world was large enough and resources
> plentiful enough. My contention is that now - finally - we must come
> to terms with the reality of the human situation, a task made all the
> mosre difficult by the detritus of past fallacies.
Anyone who thinks his beliefs are accurate and *complete* is a fool. It
is obvious that our understanding of the universe is at best incomplete.
I'll agree, however, that there is no shortage of fools.
--
Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
I sit alone on the rock of my own individuality, with the waves of
superstition and religious tyranny surging around me."
-Josephine K. Henry
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