On Apr 17, 1:40 pm, Engineer <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The accusation that without belief in gods there can be no
> morality is an ancient slur against atheists that religionists
> have kept trotting out for years.
Might be good to define "atheism" in a clear way, as
some atheists believe in life after death (say reincarnation)
and/or in phenomena that science is currently unable to
explain and so on, i.e. there's a taxonomy of atheism
just as there is of theism, polytheism or whatever.
I think a good question is might we have Quaker
atheists, and I'd say yes in the sense of not accepting
a ready-made image/idol/vision of divinity as imposed
by some outside group. Quakers believe in fi****ng up
a spirit-led existence from within, not in imposition or
inquisition as a means to imposition. What gets fished
up might be depth psychology ala Jungianism or
something, expressing itself polytheistically (many
symbols, constellations), but not admitting of possession,
channeling or any of that exorcist stuff. Again, we just
call it psychology, and consider it primal.
Another question: might we have Quaker scientists
and engineers. Answer: duh.
People often call Buddhism, say Zen, a "godless
religion". If there are godless religions, then there
are also religious atheists I should suppose. So let's
not wade too deeply into this debate before getting
some idea of what we're debating. Let's get some
traction here, shall we?
Kirby
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