tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529748.post253394327321955723..comments2007-07-13T04:08:23.254-05:00Radiant Rainboughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12092757132389299395noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529748.post-12827044337756665702007-07-13T04:08:00.000-05:002007-07-13T04:08:00.000-05:00Buddhism is atheistic, and look where it went ... <BR/><BR/>I guess if the "secular religion" you write about would be created, quite soon people would say prayers to Ayn Rand and sacrifice peacocks to Milton Freedman.<BR/><BR/>Religion is about control for the sake of control. There is a lot of power play in the institutionalized sciences, but there is a perfectly objective rule to keep that in check: if you are wrong, the bridge will collapse and the plane will not fly (OK, quantum physics and climate modeling are exceptions, but hopefully will not be exceptions for long). Sooner or later truth will prevail, or rather the falsehoods will be disclosed. In religion you are stuck with: "who is not with me is against me" and the only way to get ahead is through power play and intimidation.Emil Per.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10710579823013077273noreply@blogger.com