[lbo-talk] Where we stand today

[Carl Remick]

>From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>
>
>Carl:
> > I've long thought that organized religion as a whole is most vulnerable 
>to
> > attack on the basis of one core religious concept:  idolatry.  Each
>religion
> > make the same self-contradictory claim that:  (a) God is beyond human
> > understanding, and (b) this particular religion (a human institution)
> > understands God very well.  It can thus be said that those who follow 
>this
> > religion, whatever it may be, are not worshipping God at all; they are
> > worshipping the fallible, limited understanding of God that this 
>religion
> > serves up.  In short, they are worshipping the religion, not God, and 
>that
> > by definition is idolatry.
>
>Carl, the problem is that "God" is a word that has no clearly defined
>meaning....

I’m sure you have the edge here in terms of rigorous philosophy, Wojtek, but 
I’m considering this purely from a polemical POV.  I want some stun grenade 
that can at least impede the fundies’ relentless forward march.

Carl