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Author Topic:   The Dangers of Secularism
crashfrog
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Message 118 of 190 (209784)
05-19-2005 8:38 PM
Reply to: Message 117 by Limbo
05-19-2005 8:09 PM


Symphonies and paintings turn out to be sublimations of the sex drive or productions of the right brain hemisphere. Love turns out to be a matter of stimulus and response or a series of transactions conditioned by family patterns.
Why does knowing that make a symphony or a painting meaningless?
How does secular psychology (kind of redundant, since there really isn't any other kind) eliminate meaning? Why do humans have to be treated as some kind of forever-unknowable black box for our works to be meaningful?
Try as it might to give us skills for living, psychology has never been able to give a reason for living.
Maybe that's something you can't be given. Is there some reason you're having trouble finding your own things to live for?
It offers no vision.
"Know yourself." How's that for vision?

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crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1498 days)
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From: Silver Spring, MD
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Message 120 of 190 (209798)
05-19-2005 9:06 PM
Reply to: Message 119 by Limbo
05-19-2005 8:56 PM


Oh? I direct your attention here:
You know what? You can take any religion you like and cram "psychology" on the end of it. But psychology is a science, and religion is not. Thus, the end result of your little word game is not actually psychology.
Anyhoo, I understand your need to lash out at me, I dont hold it against you.
Maybe you could point out where I did that. Are you sure you're reading my posts closely enough? It looks to me like I excellently rebutted your points, and that you had no response. Why is that?

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crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1498 days)
Posts: 19762
From: Silver Spring, MD
Joined: 03-20-2003


Message 122 of 190 (209800)
05-19-2005 9:09 PM
Reply to: Message 121 by Limbo
05-19-2005 9:06 PM


Sorry bud, Im not rising to take the bait.
What bait? Are you here to discuss, or not? Did you miss the fact that this was a discussion board?

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