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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
Who brought up Christianity?? I wasn't trying to criticize, more so critique. Its been my observation over these years that you are hopeless (and not in the pejorative sense, rather the literal) about sociological and philosophical matters but head over heals in love with the "progress" of science. It is perhaps the ONE and ONLY thing you ever talk about on this forum in positive terms and I get the impression that your face lights up when you talk about it in person. I wasn't trying to diss you at all, just point out that it is a reflection of your faith in science and modernity, and indeed as !@#$%! mentioned that post-modernism is to view with skepticism and scrutiny the "values" of science and "progress" to alleviate all the ills of the human experience. You may WANT to get away from the emotive idea of faith and belief, but it is the ontological reality of your perspective whether you're aware of it or not. Its a logical conclusion, if you argue that science and progress will "improve" or "solve" critical issues of the human experience, yet this hasn't happened yet, it demonstrates your faith, belief, and possibly even hope in the sciences and technology.
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would either of you say it's even possible that it's not?
the rest of what you're saying all rests on me universalizing, which i'm actually not doing if you look closely.