TWK: The Aelf dilemma

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 05 Dec 2005, 20:46 · from 2005-December.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 12:46:12 -0800
Subject: (urth) TWK: The Aelf dilemma
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On 12/5/05, stilskin <acronus at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >>Worship isn't primarily a matter of seeking
> > >> supernatural reward.
> >
> > >It's a matter of seeking to avoid supernatural
> > >punishment.
> >
> > Don't parade your arrogance.
>
> I fail to see any arrogance in my statement, Dan'l

That is a sign of the arrogance I'm speaking of.

I mean the arrogance of assuming that you can make broad
statements like that about worship, as if all worshippers worship
for the same (rather craven) reason and you, in your superiority,
have diagnosed it. It really isn't all that different from seeing a
black guy walk into a restaurant and assuming he's going to
order chicken and watermelon. It is bigoted, and bigory is
always arrogant.

--Dan'l

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