RE: Separation of Science and State
November 16, 2020 at 5:50 am
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2020 at 5:59 am by The Grand Nudger.)
By yourself or with others, if you hold to a set of beliefs and practices which unite all who adhere to them in a moral whole, you are the church of that thing, and we call that thing a religion.
It doesn't matter. Absofucking-lutely does not matter. Are you stuck on 1's and 2's....?
Let's see if you can get this right through evangelism!
Think of some assertion of belief or practice about the sacred, that, if I adhered to it...would unite me in a moral whole with you. Doesn't have to be true (so you won't be required to argue or demonstrate that it is), I don't have to adhere to it (it would be categorically impossible for me to do so - so I don't have to bother arguing that it isn't and you won't have to listen to that),
......just something that, if I did, I would.
That, is a religion. That is all that durkheim is saying - it's not about the numbers. 1, 10, 100, 1 billion. It' not the clowns nose - and no one is being pushed out of the religion line on account of current subscribers.
It doesn't matter. Absofucking-lutely does not matter. Are you stuck on 1's and 2's....?
Let's see if you can get this right through evangelism!
Think of some assertion of belief or practice about the sacred, that, if I adhered to it...would unite me in a moral whole with you. Doesn't have to be true (so you won't be required to argue or demonstrate that it is), I don't have to adhere to it (it would be categorically impossible for me to do so - so I don't have to bother arguing that it isn't and you won't have to listen to that),
......just something that, if I did, I would.
That, is a religion. That is all that durkheim is saying - it's not about the numbers. 1, 10, 100, 1 billion. It' not the clowns nose - and no one is being pushed out of the religion line on account of current subscribers.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
