(September 20, 2014 at 1:15 am)Rhythm Wrote: No ones disputing that religion has played a role. It's just that the role religion has played seems to be the foil. A long litany of things -not to do-, a never-ending list of -poor justifications-. This is a point which you yourself have helped to drive home with your examples. You're interested in what you can -cut out- of religious philosophies. What we're telling you - is that there's no need to do so. You can find what you need without the use of scissors, without any reference to religion.
The philosophies that belong to Epicurus are his alone, and no others.
