Comments on: Thought for atheist pride day http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/03/thought-for-atheist-pride-day/ Information clearinghouse for research and information about child religious freedom rights. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:41:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Tracy http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/03/thought-for-atheist-pride-day/comment-page-1/#comment-244 James Tracy Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:03:33 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=406#comment-244 So many good fragments in that quotation. I like what you ended it on: "<i>We know that doing away with gods and supernatural beings and powers is not an end. It is a means to an end - the real end being the happiness of man</i>." That is a good point to keep in mind. The end of religion is a means to an end, not the end in and of itself. So many good fragments in that quotation. I like what you ended it on: "We know that doing away with gods and supernatural beings and powers is not an end. It is a means to an end – the real end being the happiness of man." That is a good point to keep in mind. The end of religion is a means to an end, not the end in and of itself.

]]> By: Richard_Collins http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/03/thought-for-atheist-pride-day/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Richard_Collins Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:41:07 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=406#comment-243 "We are not endeavouring to chain the future but to free the present. We are not forging fetters for our children but we are breaking those our fathers made for us." I thought this was particularly apropos for our initiative. And on a more general note the Zemanta article on the enlightenment, Giambattista Vico argued, speaking about the enlightenment, because people practically made their own society, they could also fully comprehend it. As opposed to trying to fashion a society based on religious dogma or royal fiat. Vico gave me an important insight. I'll have to look into him some more. His name is new to me. "We are not endeavouring to chain the future but to free the present. We are not forging fetters for our children but we are breaking those our fathers made for us."

I thought this was particularly apropos for our initiative. And on a more general note the Zemanta article on the enlightenment, Giambattista Vico argued, speaking about the enlightenment, because people practically made their own society, they could also fully comprehend it.

As opposed to trying to fashion a society based on religious dogma or royal fiat. Vico gave me an important insight. I'll have to look into him some more. His name is new to me.

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