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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joelle and Artur, i agree with all these ideas and
worries. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and i don't think such thing as "absolute truth"
exists. </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=arturfsilva@yahoo.com href="mailto:arturfsilva@yahoo.com">Artur
Silva</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 17, 2005 1:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Crarification about Religion
(was: Re: [OSLIST] Opening a Space for Peace in Burundi & Central
Africa</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>Joelle Lyons Everett <<A
href="mailto:JLEShelton@aol.com">JLEShelton@aol.com</A>></EM></STRONG>
wrote:
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>In a message dated 1/16/05 4:59:26 AM, <A
href="mailto:arturfsilva@yahoo.com">arturfsilva@yahoo.com</A>
writes:<BR><BR>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">(1) that a lot of harm have been historically done
- and is currently being done - in the name of religion; (2) some
religious people - but not all - have a tendency to think that they
are in "direct contact" with god and that gives them reason in matters
that are not matters of faith (like war, methodologies, etc); (3) in some
cases the declaration of one's own religiousness is used as a "marketing
tool" to sell ideas or services.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT face=Geneva
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>I am in complete agreement
with your first and third point. And with your second point as well,
but I observe that many people who are not religious also feel that they are
in direct contact with the truth, and that truth should apply to everyone
else.&nb! sp; Whether this comes from their atheism, their strong belief
in science, or their training in any profession, I object to their
assumption that this should be imposed on everyone in the
world.<BR><BR>Joelle<BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>I completely agree with you, Joelle.</DIV>
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<DIV>But, in what concerns atheism, it is really a matter of faith - so when
atheism confronts any religion (or is confronted by any religion) we have a
"confront of faiths" and neither dialog, nor discussion are possible. The only
possibility seems to me to acknowledge and respect the differences and decide
not to discuss any further.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Now, in what concerns science, at least in the conceptions of
science that I cherish (Popper, Khun, Feyerabend,...) there is no
absolute "truth" one can be in contact with - there are only relative truths,
that will be bypassed one day. And the work of science (or philosophy, for
that matter) is always to try "to dis-confirm" the accepted truths of the
moment. That "dis-confirmation process" is indeed very similar to always try
to discover "one more thing not to do" (or believe). I think.</DIV>
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<DIV>Finally, no "truth" can never be imposed to anyone. So, I don't
worry about people that try to impose a truth to others by discussion. They
will always fail. The other only accepts what he can recreate as his own
truth. What concerns me is when some "truth" is imposed by way of killing or
imprisoning all the opponents...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Artur</DIV>
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