tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post6574846817095046194..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: I Put On My Philosopher-King Hat, And I Spin The Propeller...SippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-58307384878769552632008-07-28T12:51:00.000-04:002008-07-28T12:51:00.000-04:00I come from a family all educated by nuns and brot...I come from a family all educated by nuns and brothers...thankful for it too. I have a mormon Neice who is currently finishing her studies to be a byu lecturer in religious history.On her travels around America at the moment she frequently stays in convents...now she knows just why her mother speaks fondly of nuns.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-55618905830630571172008-07-28T12:17:00.000-04:002008-07-28T12:17:00.000-04:00I'm just glad somebody wrote it.Funny how quickly ...I'm just glad somebody wrote it.<BR/><BR/>Funny how quickly religion and politics find each other, and it never sounds like this:<BR/><BR/>"Hey, I just found the coolest things EVER!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673842520123958712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-55473852600703601872008-07-28T10:29:00.000-04:002008-07-28T10:29:00.000-04:00Politics and religion are both premised on someone...<I>Politics and religion are both premised on someone else creating beauty for them.</I><BR/><BR/>Mmmm... I would say a sacred yet unholy belief in the ability of a politician to create somebody's idea of cultural beauty is the source of a lot of really stupid political beliefs, actions, and candidates today.<BR/><BR/>Politics itself is just a fact of life and a tool like any other. You must have politics to have an effective republican (representative) government.<BR/><BR/>And Sippican, I still don't have have half the guts you've got ... my little one is probably going to private school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-64691480887792209192008-07-28T10:17:00.000-04:002008-07-28T10:17:00.000-04:00I wish Gerard had written it, too. The sentences w...I wish Gerard had written it, too. The sentences would scan better, and I could have made a table leg.<BR/><BR/>I do not understand the logic behind talking about the demographics of religiosity. It's not red hair or blue eyes being passed down. They'll go to public school and watch TV and that's the end of that.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-76454478925969137022008-07-27T17:30:00.000-04:002008-07-27T17:30:00.000-04:00I think you are probably correct: I think the evid...I think you are probably correct: I think the evidence suggest that - compared with atheists - Christianity (including Mormonism) makes people somewhat less selfish (or you could say, less good at pursuing their own gratification and self-interest), more engaged and community-spirited (or you could say less individualistic), and more likely to get married and have more children (or you could say less- free to choose to remain unmarried and have zero or few chidlren). <BR/><BR/>In the long run, assuming that relgious convictions are substantially inherited (partly genetically, partly culturally) differential fertility alone implies that religion will win-out; and that the current mass atheism is a temporary phenomenon - lasting just a few generations.<BR/><BR/>Of course, it may not be Christianity that wins out...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-78077075793783585762008-07-27T15:53:00.000-04:002008-07-27T15:53:00.000-04:00Wonderful thinking followed by enticing writing.Pl...Wonderful thinking followed by enticing writing.<BR/><BR/>Please consider the following. You are a maker of beautiful things, so you should know better than most that individuals create their worlds. Politics and religion are both premised on someone else creating beauty for them. No wonder politics and religion both fail to fully satisfy. If one's beliefs ultimately determine one's experiences, group beliefs generate a motley result. The other side of the coin of liberty is responsibility. You cannot have one side without the other. Religion takes responsibility and leaves less freedom. Politics takes away freedoms and leaves less responsibility. And it both cases, it is the individual's choice to invest in either.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to reading you each day.<BR/>PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-60784435511278077472008-07-27T14:48:00.000-04:002008-07-27T14:48:00.000-04:00I really wish I'd written that.I really wish I'd written that.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.com