MICHAEL.FULFORD.HD2O@statefarm.com wrote:
>
> Does anyone here think it is innapropriate--perhaps even hypocritical, for
> atheists to make mention of "mother nature"? I realize that the term "mother
> nature" is nothing more than a quick and easy way to say "the laws of the
> natural world", but by given it a persona, aren't we demonstrating our own
> susceptibility and acceptance towards mythical thought?
>
> Makes me want to go read Julian Jaynes' "The Origin Of Consciousness In The
> Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mind" again. Perhaps even atheists have some innate
> 'need' for external authority.
>
> Just my $.02 worth.
>
> Michael Fulford
Is there no place in human thought for mythical thinking? How about mythical thinking that understands what IT is?
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