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Subject: Re: Thomas Kuhn Author: icky-icky [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:44:38 04/16/01 Mon In reply to: Anthony 's message, "Re: Thomas Kuhn" on 06:54:48 04/16/01 Mon Ummm, but Anthony, I have always beleived that that is how religion started. In a sense, it was a response to misunderstanding of the neatural world. Over time as scince started to explain more of what we did not understand, religion became the safety net to which we all would eventually fall (there are no athiests in foxholes right?). SO now we have movements, incomprehensible to us hwo people can really take them seriously, but maybe that is not the appropriate question. I mean are these people looking for a new found faith in the current paradigm, or do they want a new one. Afterall most people who are disenfranchised from a system only want inclusion, not necessarily revolution....... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Thomas Kuhn Author: Anthony [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:34:44 04/16/01 Mon I agree to a point. Remember that myth was created to explain the unexplainable, and that myth and religion were often synonymous (but not necessarily always, I think). In my book and within my belief system, myth and religion are intertwined. I think they always have been to a certain degree. Anyway, I agree that religion serves as the "opiate", but I also believe in the spirit, so I guess I am biased. I agree. BUT...I believe that these modern times there is a certain desperation that was never felt before. But then again, I was never witness to any but this era in history. But I believe that there were always those who were charismatic, who were able to manipulate the willing, the desperate...but there is just something about what I see that makes me think that times are different now. I don't know. Call it instinct, call it whatever...I concede that I could be coming to the conclusion that best suits my worldview. In the end, I suppose there are many answers. The reason why there is intolerance and such is that people are often baffled by too many choices and eventually beg to be told that there is only one "true" way. God, I am rambling!!! Anyway, I think that these people, the ones seemingly so easily entranced by the televangelists, are looking for a "new and improved", more MIRACULOUS religious experience. Belief and faith are not enough, they need proof in the form of miracles to show them that God exists. I think that is definitly the fault of the overly-rational world view. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]