Re: [Pen-l] Religious atheism [was: Charter schools

[ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
> > > How, then, would you summarize your political perspective, ravi?
>
> ravi:
> > Humanist, perhaps? (a strange term to use to bring my signature  
> > issue of
> > animal welfare into leftist consideration! ;-)). Perhaps "religious  
> > atheist
> > leftist"?
>
> religious atheist? you mean that you BELIEVE that there are no
> supernatural powers that guide our lives?

;-) I believe that religious codes are the result of a sort of  
empirical moral science which have significant validity. Most people  
grew up with religion (me to a lesser extent since my father was an  
atheist) and upon attaining Enlightenment (capital E, as in European  
Enlightenment) choose to sacrifice their religion in order to keep  
their god. I think the opposite is the way to go. I have given up on  
god (hence atheist) but decided to keep religion i.e., the idea of a  
moral science. ;-)


> why not call yourself a "socialist" instead of a "leftist"?


Because "leftist" seems to me a more universal term... whereas  
"socialist" seems strongly tied to Western leftism. My variety of  
socialism is Gandhian socialism. So you can call me a Gandhian  
Socialist then!

	--ravi

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