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10. The purpose of The Enlightenment was to free us from the hocus pocus

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 01:24 PM

Oct 2018

So at least for the past several centuries there’s been an alternative to basing culture on mythology.

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If You Have Questions about the Roman Catholic View of Things, [View all] MineralMan Oct 2018 OP

Mineral Man, while now pseudoacademic Chiquitita Oct 2018 #1

Yes. You understand it perfectly, I think. MineralMan Oct 2018 #2

The purpose of The Enlightenment was to free us from the hocus pocus Major Nikon Oct 2018 #10

Why? Yuorik57 Oct 2018 #3

Thank you for taking the time to reply. MineralMan Oct 2018 #4

Seems like you are working a bit too hard to be offended Major Nikon Oct 2018 #11

beliefs do not gain respect automatically edhopper Oct 2018 #15

Do you suppose MM that with so much attention being given asiliveandbreathe Oct 2018 #5

I don't think there's an entry on that in the Catholic Encyclopedia, MineralMan Oct 2018 #6

I understand..I am so removed from any religion - ever since I flunked my asiliveandbreathe Oct 2018 #7

"Natural law" is a big foundation of a lot of Catholic thinking. trotsky Oct 2018 #8

Yes. It's complicated, too, by scriptural stuff. MineralMan Oct 2018 #9

An enormous mess that ruins lives. trotsky Oct 2018 #12

It's crucial to be right. At least it is for entrenched religions. MineralMan Oct 2018 #13

Music rules Cartoonist Oct 2018 #14

Movable type made the obfuscation more difficult.. Permanut Oct 2018 #16

Knowledge Wants to Be Known! MineralMan Oct 2018 #17