tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post696463272952521881..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: Should Atheists do Interfaith Work?Jean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-73917564218626446882011-06-18T18:36:20.421-05:002011-06-18T18:36:20.421-05:00I'm not saying interfaith stuff is for every s...I'm not saying interfaith stuff is for every single atheist--in fact, I entirely understand someone having an aversion to this sort of thing on aesthetic grounds. It's just all too earnest and clammy for some people. A lot of atheists don't want to be part of organized irreligion either--they would not be attracted to the freethinker group I mentioned. That's also a bit earnest Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-86407487606415373172011-06-18T18:23:16.970-05:002011-06-18T18:23:16.970-05:00You convinced me that if there is a good cause, I...You convinced me that if there is a good cause, I should participate in an interfaith group, but of course, I'm the guy who when uncomfortable at social gatherings (and I'm generally uncomfortable) long ago learned to seek out a clergyman to talk about philosophical issues. <br />(They tend to be more thoughtful and reflexive than most.)<br /><br />Some other atheists might be more s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-68369817330736923262011-06-18T17:58:31.393-05:002011-06-18T17:58:31.393-05:00Paragraph #2 and #4.
The freethinker group is no...Paragraph #2 and #4. <br /><br />The freethinker group is not a religion, but it is sufficiently religion-like in relevant ways that I think a representative (with Darfur expertise) belonged on this religion-oriented panel. <br /><br />Once you add the freethinker to the panel, do you really have to change the name? I find that fussy. Tons of names reflect the history of a group, not its Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-58281745493599133002011-06-18T17:20:53.041-05:002011-06-18T17:20:53.041-05:00Yes, you did discuss the word "faith".
...Yes, you did discuss the word "faith".<br /><br />However, while it is true that some religions would deny that they are based on faith, as you say, religions are often referred to as "faiths".<br /><br />In fact, my Webster's Dictionary gives as one definition of "faith", "something that is believed esp with strong conviction; esp, a system of s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-61892946874538347872011-06-18T17:07:43.387-05:002011-06-18T17:07:43.387-05:00I made several points about the word "faith&q...I made several points about the word "faith" in the post...no?Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-90678251110983112092011-06-18T16:34:34.566-05:002011-06-18T16:34:34.566-05:00It's great for atheists to work together with ...It's great for atheists to work together with theists on common causes, but does it have to be called an "interfaith" effort?<br /><br />Atheism isn't a faith. <br /><br />Couldn't they call it "different life-views" or something like that?<br /><br />Sometimes in Chile they get together a bunch of people like bishops and rabbis and protestant pastors and s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-13354328151220647162011-06-18T11:19:51.930-05:002011-06-18T11:19:51.930-05:00I'm not keen on humanism (because I see it as ...I'm not keen on humanism (because I see it as a religion-substitute and I don't think religion is necessary), but Allan Hayes, the former president of the Leicester Secular Society, was appointed chaplain to the previous Lord Mayor (to much foaming at the mouth from pedants who insisted a chaplain had to be Christian), and has written approvingly of the city's Council of Faiths which Andrewnoreply@blogger.com