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Subject: krinu, logji and Reason (was: Re: [lojban] if lojban is logical, why are we doing
         the Bible?
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From: And Rosta <arosta@uclan.ac.uk>
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Bjoern:
#On Wednesday 17 October 2001 08:30, thinkit8@lycos.com wrote:
#> the Bible is a great source of irrationality today.  from gay bashers
[...]
#religious belief is no more rational or irrational than atheist scientism.=
 i=20
#would consider it rather unintelligent to hold religion in low esteem. the=
re=20
#has to be a reason that the largest part of the world population attaches =
to=20
#some creed or another. you err if you think there is no truth beyond=20
#science.

Here's an interesting point of semantics. When tinkit says religious belief
is irrational he does not mean there is no reason why the largest part of t=
he=20
world population attaches to some creed or another. (My view is that religi=
ous disposition is, like male sexuality, a hardwired genetically-
determined variety of madness.) So {da krinu ro nu lijda so'i remna fa da }=
.=20
So how *do* we express the opinion that religious beliefs are irrational? {=
ro lijda no da se logji }? That's my best shot.

--And.