RE: Religion is nothing more than misplaced mythology
September 26, 2009 at 1:37 am
(This post was last modified: September 26, 2009 at 1:42 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(September 26, 2009 at 1:09 am)chatpilot Wrote: I learned in the military to kiss (keep it simple stupid) and I feel this applies well in the study of religion.God is in my opinion what man would like the world and everything in it to be (wishful thinking) not based on facts but on mythology.
I do not conflate Occam's razor with ignorance,lack of imagination and plain stupidity.
EG That genius William Westmoreland used simple military logic in Vietnam. He was still playing chess in WW2. The Vietnamese were playing Go and humiliated the US. Stanley McChrystal is making the same mistakes in Afghanistan.The US will be handed its head, again..
Quote:There is a simple answer to everything- and it's wrong." ( P J O'Rourke)
PS: I also served as a grunt and would not have the chutzpah to use army logic as an example of anything,apart from an oxymoron.


