[lbo-talk] Re: true believers, of all sorts

frank scott frank at marin.cc.ca.us
Tue Nov 16 16:52:52 PST 2004


re the charles sanders pierce quote

"..."the method of tenacity." This method involves simply pouncing on a belief that seems appealing and holding to it come hell or high water. ... the main advantage of this method is that it is simple and quick, and effectively ends the discomfort. On the other hand, the principal disadvantage,... is that one frequently chooses a belief that happens to be wrong, which can lead to a lot of trouble."

this is true, and hardly covers only bushites and their religiosity...substitute any believers in the judeo-christian mythology of sons of god and real estate deals with god, or the people having fits over a "stolen" election, with the devil incarnate and king of evil doers responsible, etc.

you pays your money and you picks your fundamentalist fanatics...as the old socialist said, it's all relative...

fs



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