tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post7654521305012226455..comments2024-02-12T23:25:09.583-08:00Comments on Overweening Generalist: Brief Take on the Stickiness of Religion, 1965-2011michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-86973592500642420312021-10-25T15:26:46.056-07:002021-10-25T15:26:46.056-07:00Man, I find your writing so much more interesting ...Man, I find your writing so much more interesting than most of the writers I see on TV. <br /><br />Joseph Campbell seemed to share that idea that Christianity would fade away in his writings in the 60's.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-34330400673088356002011-10-10T12:26:50.548-07:002011-10-10T12:26:50.548-07:00@Thom: Thanks for the head's up on Greer's...@Thom: Thanks for the head's up on Greer's blog. I like the idea of using rational thought in the service of the non-rational. It seems to fit squarely with Crowley's project. "Our method is science/our aim is religion."<br /><br />Some of the more interesting under-40 thinkers I like seem aligned with this idea, and know much more than older academics, although Anthropologists seem to have always been on to this.<br /><br />I wonder about Peak Oil. And even Peak Water, which has me even more nervous.<br /><br />Good to hear from you, Foolery.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-55570727630193475762011-10-10T10:43:23.565-07:002011-10-10T10:43:23.565-07:00While not ostensibly about religion, John Michael ...While not ostensibly about religion, John Michael Greer's <a href="http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/09/preparation-for-philosophy.html" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> on philosophy and magic addresses the limitations of reason and the human need for means to put "rational" insights into "non-rational" practice. I think much of what he says at The Archdruid Report is relevant to this question. If his predictions of what peak oil will mean for human society are true, I think religion (for good and ill) will be making quite a comeback in the next century.Thom Fooleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818320706747408688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-59411862690568198782011-10-09T21:23:10.563-07:002011-10-09T21:23:10.563-07:00Thank you for bringing this up Goddess! Kudos!? Wh...Thank you for bringing this up Goddess! Kudos!? Whatever your name. Good title! Yes, "sticky". In my view, annoyingly sticky. Like a super glue. It just does not go away. WHY is almost everything in the US wrapped in religion? Can anyone end his/her speech without; "God bless America"? Americans (and not just Americans) seem to really like that opium.<br /><br />Let me remind you my fellow Americans, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison supported the separation of church and state. They both often wrote of "total separation of the church from the state". Madison wrote: "Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion & Govt in the Constitution of the US". And he declared. "practical distinction between Religion and Civil Government is essential to the purity of both, and as guaranted by the Constitution of the United States." (JM, "Monopolies, Perpetuities Corporations - Ecclesiastical Endowments")<br /><br />Where is the respect for Jefferson? Where is the respect for Madison?<br /><br />On a refreshing and on the 21st century note, President of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic, declares himself AGNOSTIC! Howz that for the prez?<br /><br />Hey, we've got afro-american prez! What's next? An atheist?<br /><br />Here is a historic example of lessening religious mood: with postwar government programs of modernization in Yugoslavia and with very strict separation of church and state the percentage of religious believers took a 30% plunge from 1948 - 1964. In just 15 years. I guess, some figured, it was not the end of the world if life does not evolve around church. There are many other places to go to and visit.<br /><br />To paraphrase George Carlin, religion seems to be all about who's god has bigger dick. (Sorry I do not recall exact quote.) And, sorry for this long comment, but this topic just gets me on the roll.ARW23https://www.blogger.com/profile/12640332269499504745noreply@blogger.com