[lbo-talk] RE: USA Dumb and Dumber

[Carl Remick]

>From: joanna bujes <jbujes at covad.net>
>
>"There are some wise thoughts on religion in this NY Times interview today 
>with Karen Armstrong, whom I always find a very interesting writer even 
>when I don't understand what she's talking about:  
><http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/magazine/04QUESTIONS.html>
>
>Carl"
>
>Hey thanks. She's right on. My favorite was "I am not interested in the 
>afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving 
>it eternally in optimum conditions." And the bit about compassion was right 
>on too.
>
>Joanna

[My favorite exchange:]

Q:  ...I ... find your emphasis on compassion simplistic. We know from Freud 
that all true achievement derives from selfishness. Who cares if 
Michelangelo was nice to his next-door neighbors?

A:  Religions are not dealing with geniuses. They are dealing with ordinary 
people.

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Carl

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