Pure Capitalism?
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:56 pm
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As another atheist, I say all religious doctrine printed material should not be burned, because as an environmental planner I say it will contribute further to greenhouse gas emissions, and what's more, if you burn 'em all, they will just print some more, which will require cutting down more trees that could otherwise be retained as living organisms to usefully sequester carbon from the atmosphere. As a person seeking enlightenment, I say religious people would be best to find their own path to self realisation, and one day (if they are lucky enough to live for a sufficiently long amount of time for it to happen) they may come through the eye of the needle of enlightenment and finally realise they don't need religious doctrine any more. However, as a parent I say that there's no point in trying to force them to give up their security blankets because that will lead to resentfulness and rebellion on their part, and frustration and agony and more grey hair and wrinkles on the part of the parent. And as a sociologist I say one day it will be important for the masses (in seeking their own enlightenment) to, of their own volition, rid themselves of their opium and get off their arses in the abattoirs, fish-mongering plants and pelting and tanning factories, and unite together and assert a new world order! (But please feel welcome to stay in electron tube manufacturing plants for many many years to come, because as a lover of tube geetar amps, I will continue to need tubes). As a pragmatic beneficiary of western capitalism, I say let capitalism run its course in the meantime because nobody has yet come up with a better idea, and it most assuredly will not fail until it fails completely and utterly. And (finally) as a naturally-occurring free yogi of the spiritual, I say everything has its day in the sun before it withers and falters and is supplanted by new forms of consciousness. !
MODERATOR'S NOTE:
This and the subsequent 15 posts were split
from the Qu'ran burning thread.
As far as I could tell, this post is the best candidate
to serve as the OP for this thread. As such, a copy of
this post still exists in the Qu-ran Burning thread, while
the subsequent related posts have been removed.
If anyone would like to see their posts moved or copied,
just let me or any other moderator know.
tubeswell, if you'd like a different title for this
thread, feel free to edit this post or notify a moderator.
Have a nice day!
--MM_Dandy
PS: Please bear with me as I seem to have misplaced
the original Qu'ran Burning thread. I will make all
attempts to have it restored as soon as possible.
============================
As another atheist, I say all religious doctrine printed material should not be burned, because as an environmental planner I say it will contribute further to greenhouse gas emissions, and what's more, if you burn 'em all, they will just print some more, which will require cutting down more trees that could otherwise be retained as living organisms to usefully sequester carbon from the atmosphere. As a person seeking enlightenment, I say religious people would be best to find their own path to self realisation, and one day (if they are lucky enough to live for a sufficiently long amount of time for it to happen) they may come through the eye of the needle of enlightenment and finally realise they don't need religious doctrine any more. However, as a parent I say that there's no point in trying to force them to give up their security blankets because that will lead to resentfulness and rebellion on their part, and frustration and agony and more grey hair and wrinkles on the part of the parent. And as a sociologist I say one day it will be important for the masses (in seeking their own enlightenment) to, of their own volition, rid themselves of their opium and get off their arses in the abattoirs, fish-mongering plants and pelting and tanning factories, and unite together and assert a new world order! (But please feel welcome to stay in electron tube manufacturing plants for many many years to come, because as a lover of tube geetar amps, I will continue to need tubes). As a pragmatic beneficiary of western capitalism, I say let capitalism run its course in the meantime because nobody has yet come up with a better idea, and it most assuredly will not fail until it fails completely and utterly. And (finally) as a naturally-occurring free yogi of the spiritual, I say everything has its day in the sun before it withers and falters and is supplanted by new forms of consciousness. !