[lbo-talk] RE: An Appeal to Ignorance

[Jeffrey Fisher]

On 6/13/05, snitsnat <snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> At 01:27 PM 6/13/2005, joanna wrote:
> 
> >Try to entertain the possibility that both religion and science are forms
> >of inquiry and are only meaningful as such. When either hardens into
> >orthodoxy, it is dangerous and, by definition, false.
> >
> >Joanna
> 
> How is religion a form of inquiry? Religions are communities of faith. Or
> communities of practice, but how do they encourage people to ask questions
> about anything?
> 

are you serious?

-- 
Among medieval and modern philosophers, anxious to establish
the religious significance of God, an unfortunate habit has prevailed
of paying to Him metaphysical compliments.

  - Alfred North Whitehead