[FRIAM] cafeteria buddhism

[Owen Densmore]

Amen.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 2:50 PM, glen ☣ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 01/24/2017 02:01 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote:
> > I’d need to know which part of Biblical morality we’re talking about.
>
> I agree.  I like the Jefferson Bible, wherein TJ tried to extract Jesus'
> teachings from the rest of the hooha in the Bible.  I think those teachings
> _might_ cohere as a standalone work.  But most of the Christians I have
> experience with don't really focus on Jesus.  They tend to like the Psalms,
> Revelations, etc.  So, it's unclear how/if we can pull out the stuff they
> find attractive and have it cohere.
>
> > On 01/24/2017 10:52 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> >> Can the yummy parts arise as a result of a small set of principles
> consistent with empirical facts?   If so, they could be presented in the
> usual prescriptive ways for this kind of audience, and then maybe life
> could go on without unpleasant extinction events and that sort of thing.
>
> My favorite mathematician Raymond Smullyan has written a few books on
> religion that talk quite a bit about Christianity.  He seemed to suggest
> that it's overall a decent system _if_ you get rid of the concept of Hell.
> And I think Hitchens used to identify Hell as the most abhorrent thing
> about it.
>
> --
> ☣ glen
>
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