tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662617.post2955510594456898400..comments2023-10-12T04:28:37.276-07:00Comments on Graphictruth: Hitchens v Wilson: Collision FailureBob Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12331371505961522315noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662617.post-78229689499046221542009-11-06T15:38:48.435-08:002009-11-06T15:38:48.435-08:00Excellent article. Reminds me of two smilar quotes...Excellent article. Reminds me of two smilar quotes:<br />"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." ~Andre Gide<br />"Anyone who tells you they have the birds-eye-lowdown is trying to sell you something."<br />-MeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662617.post-91217571715808087572009-10-21T19:36:17.839-07:002009-10-21T19:36:17.839-07:00Rationalists like Hitchens and company confuse spi...Rationalists like Hitchens and company confuse spirituality with pre-formal religiosity. The atrocities of the pre-rational world such as the inquisition were blamed by the enlightenment thinkers squarely on ethnocentric, sub-rational religious fervor and the enlightenment was correct to place that blame there. What the advancement of rational science has done is to leave spirituality in the dust, condemning it to remain a childishly immature mythic belief set by disallowing spirituality a venue through which to grow into a rational state and beyond. It is unfortunate that these otherwise brilliant thinkers have fallen prey to this confusion, thereby forcing the continuation of what they profess to oppose. If modern discourse allowed spirituality a path to grow from silly, childish stories about magic gods who grant wishes into a more modern spiritual philosophy which is compatible with rational truth, this conflict could disappear.Justin Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524672941781967137noreply@blogger.com