Wolfe as Heretic

Jeff Wilson · 20 May 2010, 16:05 · from 2010-May.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 11:05:01 -0500
Subject: (urth) Wolfe as Heretic
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On 5/19/2010 6:06 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
> Just about everybody believes in the existence of supernatural powers.
>
> Some people consistently assert that they do not, and some fewer people
> have convinced themselves that they do not.
>
> Not believing in supernatural powers is only a win if they don't actually
> exist.

Actual existence in a context that is beyond nature seems like a 
combination of attributes that is almost free of meaning. If the 
supernatural powers have ceased to provide fishing tackle and dispense 
only subjective spiritual gifts, where's the loss?

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
IEEE Student Chapter Blog at
< http://ieeetamut.org >

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