RE: Lack of "Connection" to something higher - is this holding atheism back?
February 25, 2012 at 8:01 pm
(February 25, 2012 at 7:53 pm)Hypatia Wrote: Could it be used for nefarious means? Sure, but so can every other organization.
My point was that regardless of its true nature, it is open to being accused of being used for nefarious means.
Such as my example of Camp Quest. Wonderful organisation, yet is vilified with accusations of brainwashing and indoctrination.
Camp Quest doesn't identify itself as an atheist organisation but that doesn't mean diddly squat to the critics.
I still think you have a good idea in what you propose, but I am worried that while it may fill a gap in some peoples lives, its a chink in the objective empiricists armour that can be manipulated by the dishonest.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
