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Originally Posted by kerry
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The question of reason and unreason in my view is similar to the question of monogamy or not. Regardless of our natural propensities are we better served by emphasizing reason, (even in religion) or not and minimizing unreason. I understand there are lots of people like Kierkegaard who are strongly in favor of emphasizing the unreason of religion. I disagree with them.
And whether you personally are interested in imposing biblical authority on other people is relevant to your views, there certainly are millions of Christian believers in the USA who want to do that. A brief account of that movement can be found here:
http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/151960/michele_bachmann_was_inspired_by_my_dad_and_his_christian_reconstructionist_friends_--_here%27s_why_that%27s_terrifying/?page=1
Not sure if you're familar with Christian Reconstructionism or Dominionism and its cultural goals, but they are certainly repressive from my point of view, especially to gay people. |
You make many good points and I would enjoy spending hours going back and forth, though doing so via OD isn't the same as sitting around a fire on a cold evening.
Many people take the easy way out. When I see a 'timeline' at church showing the birth of all Adam and Eve at 4004 BC or hear a youngster talk about humans and dinosaurs walking side-by-side I cringe. How sad.
Yet I go into secular society and see many follies propagated that strike me as easy-ways-out, bypassing any reflection or thought, etc.
I'm sure I have values derived from my Faith that conflict with yours. Ultimately I doubt that I am any more irrational than you and a good deal more rational than most.
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The thread started with the video of the speaker.
Recognizing how foreign this is to most I offered context.
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