tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4068789266424862983..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Carrot and stickA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-85303249107827300782012-05-10T17:15:27.389+01:002012-05-10T17:15:27.389+01:00Roger - "silly sods believe in truth and fact...Roger - "silly sods believe in truth and facts" and find funding difficult to come by.<br /><br />Demetrius - I sometimes wonder if we are.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-27322679314217210462012-05-10T14:52:28.787+01:002012-05-10T14:52:28.787+01:00Is Earth part of God's margin of error?Is Earth part of God's margin of error?Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-57615955392804326252012-05-10T13:59:34.787+01:002012-05-10T13:59:34.787+01:00Maybe everyone genuinely feared God at some far di...Maybe everyone genuinely feared God at some far distant time. Over time the priests then the kings twigged that the idea was a handy means of control - and a fiction - so don't let on - it would spoil the game. But now many people simply don't believe and many of those who say they believe harbour deep suspicions they are being fooled.<br /><br />So can religion control a wised-up people? No. Instead we have the law, a pretty weak tool and we have peer group pressure - it is not nice to be despised. This last is effective but not so subject to central control - my peer group may like me but despise you. For example, at one end of society you are probably despised if you don't do shoplifting and drugs, at another corner of society you are despised for not fiddling your expenses. Perhaps a worldwide database recording our <br />deeds would hold us all to account - a sort of WikiSaintPeter.com.<br /><br />What is curious is the hold religion has - in America being an atheist is pretty bad and don't mention the 'stans', in these <br />places intolerance seems the driver but step into Brazil say and the beauty of golden images in the churches seems to fit the <br />country perfectly, one could almost believe.<br /><br />As for science, terribly interesting old boy but nothing whatever to do with power, silly sods believe in truth and facts - that will never do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com