tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636875.post1636625059196204499..comments2023-12-20T08:11:38.858+08:00Comments on The Garden of Forking Paths: Three anti-human sky-god religionsChuang Shyue Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497292334309793651noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636875.post-23019263383255453082008-12-26T12:50:00.000+08:002008-12-26T12:50:00.000+08:00Vidal shows a lot of religious bigotry, is what I ...Vidal shows a lot of religious bigotry, is what I meant.<BR/><BR/>It is easy to pick apart what he said, also. For example, "Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose"<BR/><BR/>Yet, he lives and writes in a place where there is one of the least totalitarian systems around, with at least some of the founding morality coming from one of those "sky gods".<BR/><BR/>And elsewhere, you can find most of the worst totalitarianism in the world coming from those who adhere to atheism (probably his preferred faith), in places like North Korea.<BR/><BR/>I've seen bigoted writing like what he says coming before from some wiccan/pagan types. It is of the "my religion good, your religion bad" and is so "broad" that it generalizes to the point of not being very true.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636875.post-74525592832804701142008-12-26T10:28:00.000+08:002008-12-26T10:28:00.000+08:00Tim, I don't see it as negative at all, on the oth...Tim, I don't see it as negative at all, on the other hand, I applaud his courage to come out and speak the truth about the true nature of religions, especially the Judeo-Christian-Islamic relgions when the USA has been overrun by bible-thumpers. I can see the negative effects of American evangelism on my shores. It has resulted in unthinking people of faith who are intolerant of others.Chuang Shyue Chouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497292334309793651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636875.post-17529022974449262342008-12-26T09:22:00.000+08:002008-12-26T09:22:00.000+08:00Dmarks, unfortunately, Vidal is only too right in ...Dmarks, unfortunately, Vidal is only too right in the light of religious bigotry and murders. The blight that religion is has to be highlighted and brought up.<BR/><BR/>Tim, I agree with Vidal. Broad but true.Chuang Shyue Chouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497292334309793651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636875.post-34364799898540486012008-12-26T00:47:00.000+08:002008-12-26T00:47:00.000+08:00Man, that's awfly negative, and painting with a br...Man, that's awfly negative, and painting with a broad brush, too.<BR/>Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614691324815885803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636875.post-81456442653646326122008-12-26T00:24:00.000+08:002008-12-26T00:24:00.000+08:00Vidal has a lot of personal religious bigotry, I s...Vidal has a lot of personal religious bigotry, I see.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting my blog!dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com