List of agnostics

[David Morris]

Lot's o wisdom in these words.

On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Ian Livingston wrote:

> Religion will persist because of human psychology. We all go through the
> phase of believing, in some degree, that if we say our magic formulae just
> right we will get what we ask for. Some people stay with that, many more
> move along to finding solace in a group that reinforces magic thinking and
> belief in myth as truth. Others continue along to faith in reason, science,
> whatever. The move beyond god and devil is often terribly traumatic. "Let
> me tell you about heartache and the loss of God. Wandering, wandering in
> endless night," says Mr. Morrison. Of course, he was stoned, immaculate.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 8:15 AM, <bandwraith at aol.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'bandwraith at aol.com');>> wrote:
>
>> But if they knew they were immortal, they wouldn't work to preserve the
>> past. Unless, they were convinced that their immortality was the result
>> of a particular past, or pathway. That is, a specific series of choices
>> made, or, in the case of "The Elect," predetermined, which will result
>> in, or signify, their immortality. Religion is the sanctification of a
>> particular history over a field of passed over, or "profane" histories.
>> Only the sanctified path leads to immortality. The entrenched, the
>> status quo, the crew of The Preserved, all of the social, political and
>> economically empowered- soon to become the past with the sweep of each
>> new generation- seek to pass along their privilege to those most
>> willing to preserve their legacy. Religion persists because it
>> persists. What better evidence of its truth?
>>
>> Of course, it helps to make "acid" and other heresies illegal, else why
>> worry about the manicured lawns and the yachts, or the painted
>> ceilings? Sorry, Doc, when the fogs burns away, The Angels will still
>> be in control.
>>
>>  ‘See, I am coming soon; my reward is with
>> me, to repay according to everyone’s work.
>> I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and
>> the last, the beginning and the end."
>>
>> There's a fog upon L.A.
>> And my friends have lost their way
>> We'll be over soon they said
>> Now they've lost themselves instead.
>> Please don't be long, please don't you be
>> very long. Please don't be long or I may be asleep......
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds
> the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in
> reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
> groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
> urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
>
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