Re: The Gangrenous Hand of God (was Re: Religion)


Subject: Re: The Gangrenous Hand of God (was Re: Religion)
From: Mattis Fishman (mattis@argoscomp.com)
Date: Mon Feb 28 2000 - 13:26:03 EST


     Scottie writes:
> .... I'm not speaking of the
> perfectly normal human hypocrisy that we all embody. I mean
> the process whereby the kinder, the more forgiving, the more
> prayerful, the more 'spiritual' an individual becomes - the more
> dreadful, dreadful, dreadful he also becomes.

     Perhaps you are making this question very difficult to answer
     by already rejecting the excellent hypothesis that it is the
     hypocrisy, and holier-than-thou attitude that we find repugnant.

     By removing this from consideration, and asserting the dreadfulness
     of 'spiritual' individuals, I can only wonder who you have in mind,
     especially since you assert that we all embody normal human hypocrisy.

     --- snip ---

> Does the very decision to 'practise a religion' automatically
> start some kind of corruption in the human heart? Or is
> there something about the kind of people who are drawn
> to it in the first place?

     As a person who spends his professional life examining the
     corruption of the human heart I have to imagine that you have
     your own answer to this question, but I have to wonder, is
     there something about the kind of people who are drawn
     to you (professionally) in the first place?

     all the best,
     Mattis
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