Adam Savage is The Man
Full text here...
http://www.boingboing.net/features/savage.html
Some cool excerpts here on Hugh's blog
http://hughcasey.livejournal.com/1242744.html
Worth the read, IMO.
His opening,
"I want to start by saying that, to me, any discourse from me about how one can live a moral existence without religion or the church would sound improperly defensive. That there's an opposite to be defended is absurd and based on a provably false premise. So let's dispense with that.
(To be clear: I'm referring to the humanist axiom "Good without God," whereby "good" means morality. It's provably false that there exists no morality outside of religion, therefore the statement sounds defensive to me.)"
He had me at hello.
http://www.boingboing.net/features/savage.html
Some cool excerpts here on Hugh's blog
http://hughcasey.livejournal.com/1242744.html
Worth the read, IMO.
His opening,
"I want to start by saying that, to me, any discourse from me about how one can live a moral existence without religion or the church would sound improperly defensive. That there's an opposite to be defended is absurd and based on a provably false premise. So let's dispense with that.
(To be clear: I'm referring to the humanist axiom "Good without God," whereby "good" means morality. It's provably false that there exists no morality outside of religion, therefore the statement sounds defensive to me.)"
He had me at hello.