tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post112421812620369554..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Technocentrism and Religious FaithDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-1124334123558242372005-08-17T20:02:00.000-07:002005-08-17T20:02:00.000-07:00You wrote:"I am an atheist for good reasons and I ...You wrote:<BR/><BR/>"I am an atheist for good reasons and I do not hesitate to say so for fear of "offending" some of the faithful by visibly existing."<BR/><BR/>I love this. <BR/><BR/>As my girlfriend used to say when we commiserated about being atheists at family Christmas gatherings--"Why is it only MY beliefs" that seem to offend people?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16967233497214731240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-1124309644375004412005-08-17T13:14:00.000-07:002005-08-17T13:14:00.000-07:00Of course, the real dust ups where wars of religio...Of course, the real <I>dust ups</I> where wars of religion are concerned invariably take place between advocates of various faiths rather than between the faithful and faithless as such. No doubt that helps account for some of the unexpectedly epic energies that are released when techno-rapturists pooh-pooh fundy apocaloids in technophiliac fora. I have never quite gotten just why a person who claims to be on a path to becoming a robot god gets to call himself an atheist in the first place, but maybe that's just me.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-1124224049542968532005-08-16T13:27:00.000-07:002005-08-16T13:27:00.000-07:00I noticed that WTA-Talk seems to be gearing up tow...I noticed that WTA-Talk seems to be gearing up towards the perennial "let's purge the WTA of anyone who isn't an atheist" argument again. <BR/><BR/>I suppose it's nice to see that there's some constants in the world, although I gotta wonder if there aren't more important things to worry about there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com