Religion's Reliance On,
And Contempt For, The Material
Steve Branks
From: "Steve Branks"
To: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Subject: Positive_Atheism_Letters_Section
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:05:46 -0700
Dear Cliff,
How often I perceive in the correspondence of the 'spiritual' to this section a contempt for the material.
The adjective "spiritual" applied to religions is a fraud, clear and simple. Every religion aims at manifest -- and thus material -- results. Every religion is based on tangible and precise -- and thus material -- practices. Every religion relies on guarantees that are historic and thus material -- or revealed -- and thus materialized. Every religion directs itself towards individual - and thus egotistical and thus material -- hopes. That every religion also requires a show of contempt for the material merely adds to the hypocrisy of the whole thing.
Fantastic site. Keep up the great work.
Cheers,
Steve Branks
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