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- From: martin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin Dougiamas)
- Subject: Re: A little food for thought (pizza?)
- Message-ID: <martin.725899434@marsh>
- Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager)
- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <1993Jan1.000312.3027@cnsvax.uwec.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 14:43:54 GMT
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- nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) writes:
- >In particular, I wanted to know that there was something "big out there"
- >(the idea of the Christian God was too unpalatable even then). In
- >retrospect, it is clear to me that I was trying to perpetuate the
- >parent-child relationship. I believe this is the main reason religion
- >survives in the face of its patent absurdity. It is just too much for
- >some people to relinquish the role of the dependant child and take sole
- >responsibility for themselves. The use of paternal imagery in religion
- >is no accident.
-
- Well put... I came to this same conclusion at a rather young age, and
- was roundly critisised for my views, too, at the time... perhaps it
- strikes too close to the truth. Just try discussing these things
- with those "under the influence"! (hey! Pizza *and* beer! :)
-
- Martin
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