Posted: Feb 26, 2010 6:13 pm
Shaker wrote:By quiet I mean on the other end of the scale from the fundies.
Ohhhhhh, thaaaaaaaaaat. Well, in that case, you're absolutely spot on, of course
The problem being, of course, that although Gardner feels comfortable in believing that his god is all nice and fluffy, there's nothing within his claimed methodology which would prevent anyone from believing anything at all, no matter how ridiculous or cruel. It would give just as much reassurance to the more malevolent among us to believe that their god approved of their despicable actions.
Looked at like this, the whole thing is just silly. It boils down to someone believing they are doing good because it makes them feel good to imagine someone 'out there' who approves of them. It's only a short step from that to cutting out the middle man and believing that you are doing good, just because you say so; which is, in effect what they are doing to begin with.
Gardner is, to all intents and purposes, his own god.