Saturday, February 11, 2012
fucking boomers
why is it that our contemporary version of aetheism is so mean, so parsimonious, so righteous?
I remember, in Chile, talking to a man about what it was like to grow up in a country so dominated by religion. He said that being agnostic was considered a more radical position, because the negation of aetheism merely affirms organised religion through its binary sum. The agnostic admits to not-knowing or not-caring -- and, I would hope, allows other ways of being the world to flourish.
I should listen to this guy again ...
Terry Eagleton 'The God Debate' (you tube)
Download audio here (ABC Radio)
I remember, in Chile, talking to a man about what it was like to grow up in a country so dominated by religion. He said that being agnostic was considered a more radical position, because the negation of aetheism merely affirms organised religion through its binary sum. The agnostic admits to not-knowing or not-caring -- and, I would hope, allows other ways of being the world to flourish.
I should listen to this guy again ...
Terry Eagleton 'The God Debate' (you tube)
Download audio here (ABC Radio)