[lbo-talk] negative and positive atheism (was Re: MaxHorkheimer onTheism and Atheism)

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Tue Jul 10 07:16:30 PDT 2007


On Tuesday 10 July 2007 09:57, Carl Remick wrote:


> >Perhaps I'm misreading you -- but are you really saying you think that the
> >current "clash of civilizations" is actually about religion, driven by
> >religion, motivated by religion -- that aggression (on 'our' side) or
> >resistance (on 'theirs') really has its sources in people's beliefs about
> >God?
>
> Perhaps I'm misreading you -- but are you really saying that religion is
> actually about God? I don't think God has a damn thing to do with
> religion, which is palpably the projection of human beings' own
> insecurities and desires. I see religion as no more than sacralized
> tribalism, and I say the hell with it.
>

I'm not arguing the point. But you didn't answer my question.



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