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supernaturalism is a default human cognitive mode, it is not learned. Living among "New Age" types who are not religious (by their own assertion) but "spiritual," and often raised by parents who allowed them to "seek their own Truth," I have seen firsthand how ad hoc supernaturalistic worldviews can be generated from whole cloth within a generation without any strong outside suasion.
In other words, if one prevented a child from being indoctrinated in Catholic teaching, or forced to recite the Koran, that does not imply they would become scientific materialists. Rather, they would probably generate their own supernaturalism de novo within their own peer groups. Of course not all supernaturalisms are created equal, so the key issue is not indoctrination in religion per se, but what religion. Dawkins', and my own, main problem is the aggressiveness of particular forms of monotheism, to the point of being a clear & present danger to the lives of unbelievers.
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Feb. 16th, 2006 01:19 pmI just flashread the first four and last four chapters of Prayers for the Assassin today during lunch.
I'm trying to pry the images of that book out of my head.
But I will say that if there is are ever "Black Robes" in what is/was the United States, I will do my best to kill them, and support others who do. Without mercy and without apology.
I'm trying to pry the images of that book out of my head.
But I will say that if there is are ever "Black Robes" in what is/was the United States, I will do my best to kill them, and support others who do. Without mercy and without apology.
