Again, man, that was part of the larger conversation. I did not mention US. You made your own conclusion.
I already explained it to you that Goethe didn't want Newton's theory but as you said "Color is something we experience, and it makes sense to look closely at what this experience tells us." that's no explanation. It's like me saying theory of Earth revolving around Sun is wrong and that the Earth doesn't revolve around the Sun but that you should experience the Sun instead - now that's giving nothing, like Goethe did.
(January 8, 2019 at 5:06 am)Belaqua Wrote: Also, have you decided to back off of your claim that Goethe wanted to mystify light and color? The links I've given you show pretty much the opposite.
I already explained it to you that Goethe didn't want Newton's theory but as you said "Color is something we experience, and it makes sense to look closely at what this experience tells us." that's no explanation. It's like me saying theory of Earth revolving around Sun is wrong and that the Earth doesn't revolve around the Sun but that you should experience the Sun instead - now that's giving nothing, like Goethe did.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
