"Rupert" wrote
On Mar 19, 3:07 am, "Dutch" wrote:
"Rupert" wrote

Anyway, won't it be nice when we have in vitro meat, and we'll no
longer have to have such bitter disputes about dietary ethics.

People will just find something else to have bitter disputes over, it's
the
nature of the human ego.

Did you read Dawkins' "God Delusion"? And there was a response by a
thelogian who also had some scientific training, called "The Dawkins
Delusion". There's a dispute which will probably keep a few people
busy for a while.


No, I've heard of it though. Generally I think of "religion" and "worship"
as manifestions of the "focus on the finger" phenomenon. If you ever try to
indicate something to a dog by pointing towards it the dog will simply look
eagerly at your outstretched finger, not that at which you are pointing. The
dog lacks the conscious awareness to grasp that your finger is indicating
something beyond itself. That's essentially what people have done with the
messages of awakened spiritual teachers, instead of learning from the
lessons, they deify the teacher, then proceed to distrust and demonize
anyone who does not make the same unconscious error. Instead of moving man
towards higher consciousness, religion has taken man deeper into conflict.