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I think you've missed the point. "The religious people were right" refers to each individual having to make value decisions based on incomplete information, not
by DanielBMarkham 15y ago
I think you've missed the point. "The religious people were right" refers to each individual having to make value decisions based on incomplete information, not conformity to an external value system. We completely agree.
I figured people would misread that section. I rewrote a couple of times, but in all honesty people see the word "religion" and then the conversation is over, as you have demonstrated. The problem is that the driver of religion -- creatively speculating on the unknown -- is a completely different thing than the application of these common myths in some kind of social structure. But the word has both meanings.
Sorry about that. I'll think about how to word it better.
EDIT: Reworded it a bit to try to clear it up.
- bmj 15y agoI don't think it is poorly worded, though this sentence is a bit clumsy: The existentialists argue that any formal, self-consistent religious structure is necessarily broken -- God is dead -- not that the essence of religion, finding meaning by artistically living an authentic life, doesn't work. That cuts to the chase, but due to its structure, it can be easy to misread. [Edit: grammar]
- nodata 15y agoSo in what sense is your tagline "The religious people were right all along." correct? Certainly not making decisions based on incomplete information.
- capisce 15y ago"creatively speculating on the unknown" - sounds more like philosophy than religion to me. "unquestioningly believing what you've been told" - how about that?