06.19.09
ID gang tries to sound like Max Weber
Atheism, for Good Reason, Fears Questions
When the ID gang tries to sound like Max Weber the result is a bit off. The presumption that reactionary Bible Belt fundamentalists are going to provide us with meaning is ludicrous.
Michael Egnor
Blogger David T. at Life’s Private Book has a good post on our modern priesthood. David quotes Baron d’Holbach from the18th century:“Man has been forced to vegetate in his primitive stupidity; nothing has been offered to his mind, but stories of invisible powers, upon whom his happiness was supposed to depend. Occupied solely by his fears, and unintelligible reveries, he has always been at the mercy of his priests, who have reserved to themselves the right of thinking for him, and directing his actions.”
David notes that we still have priests, but they are secular priests—Experts—and they provide us with a semblance of meaning and healing:
James said,
June 20, 2009 at 11:26 am
“That scientific endeavor has arisen from, and not despite, fervent religious belief, generally of the orthodox Judeo-Christian variety. The dependence of the rise of modern science on Judeo-Christian theology, philosophy, and social and economic structures is a matter of historical fact. ”
The poor Greeks. Their great contribution is coopted by these right-wing Christians and totally ignored by the postmodernist Armstrong types. I guess they can’t win either way.
Darwiniana » The poor Greeks. Their great contribution is coopted by these right-wing Christians… said,
June 20, 2009 at 1:26 pm
[...] Comment on ID gang tries to sound like Max Weber James said, June 20, 2009 at 11:26 am “That scientific endeavor has arisen from, and not despite, fervent religious belief, generally of the orthodox Judeo-Christian variety. The dependence of the rise of modern science on Judeo-Christian theology, philosophy, and social and economic structures is a matter of historical fact. ” The poor Greeks. Their great contribution is coopted by these right-wing Christians and totally ignored by the postmodernist Armstrong types. I guess they can’t win either way. [...]