RE: John Gray: religion isn’t about truth (and science ain’t so hot, either)
September 21, 2011 at 9:21 am
I've got to admit that, to an extent, I still admire John Gray, partially due to his book Straw Dogs.
On the article at hand, while many religions could very well be, in theory, supposed to be more about practice, than ideas of "religious truth," the fact is that a lot of believers have decided that the opposite is true, and that what's more, have decided to see if enforce them on anyone they can.
And, of course, there's his problematic idea of making religion out to be a sort of platonic "Noble Lie" that's supposed to give people solidarity. Here's the problem I have with noble lies: When people finally debunk those "noble lies," and society has managed to hinge on them in the interim, the results aren't pretty.
On the article at hand, while many religions could very well be, in theory, supposed to be more about practice, than ideas of "religious truth," the fact is that a lot of believers have decided that the opposite is true, and that what's more, have decided to see if enforce them on anyone they can.
And, of course, there's his problematic idea of making religion out to be a sort of platonic "Noble Lie" that's supposed to give people solidarity. Here's the problem I have with noble lies: When people finally debunk those "noble lies," and society has managed to hinge on them in the interim, the results aren't pretty.
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