[lbo-talk] Reich on sex & religion

[Carl Remick]

Yes, religion does have "immense emotional, spiritual, epistemological, 
political, cultural" significance for many people, and in none of these 
areas does it make a *useful* contribution to human existence, which was my 
original point.  "God" is a destructive encumbrance to society, not an aid 
to better living.

BTW, not surprisingly the tsunami has caused renewed interest in the subject 
of God as a source of evil (theodicy).  See:
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1380094,00.html>
<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041231/asp/foreign/story_4195540.asp>
<http://opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006097>

My own view is that the tsunami is God's latest message to humankind that 
religion is mindless.

Carl
Unrepentant heathen & overposter


>From: Manjur Karim <piashkarim at yahoo.com>
>
>In case you haven't noticed, religion has immense emotional, spiritual, 
>epistemological, political, cultural functions (I am not making a 
>functional sociological argument) for a huge number of people on this 
>planet and many of those functions have phenomenal practical consequences.  
>We may or may not like those consequences, but that is a different question 
>altogether.
>
>Manjur
>
>Carl Remick <carlremick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: joanna bujes
> >
> >... it does not seem right that one could talk about God and chairs in 
>the
> >same way.
>
>Correct. After all, the concept of a chair serves some useful purpose.
>
>Carl