36043 Y 322 Where Did This Acceptance Originate???

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NOT FROM READING THE BIBLE, ST AUGUSTINE OR MARTIN LUTHER OR YOH CALVIN! Rather, it came
from reading texts like Michel Foucault's The History of Sexuality or Donna Haraway's 'A Faraway Manifesto'?
Yet Christian true-believers - however progressive - cannot admit to drawing their ethics from Foucault & Hara-
way. So they go back to the Bible, to St Augustine and to Martin Luther, & make a very thorough search! They
read now page after page and story after story with the utmost attention, until they finally discover what they dó
nééd: some maxim, parable or ruling that, if interpreted creatively enough means 'G d also' blesses gay marriages
& women can be ordained to the priesthood etcetera? They then pretend the idea originated in the Bible, when in fact
it originated with Foucault! The Bible is kept as a source of authority, even though it is no longer a true source of inspiration.
That's why traditional religions offer no real alternative to liberalism. Their scriptures don't have anything to say about our
genetic engineering or artificial intelligence, and most priests, rabbis & muftis don't understand the latest breakthroughs
in biology & computer science. For if you want to understand these breakthroughs, you don't have much choice - you do
nééd tot spend time reading scientific articles & conducting lab experiments instead of memorizing & debating ancient
texts. That doesn't mean liberalism can rest on its laurels. True, it has won the humanist wars of religion, & as of 2016
it has no viable alternative. But its very success may contain the seeds of its ruin? The triumphant liberal ideas are now
pushing humankind to reach for immortality, bliss & divinity! Egged on by the allegedly infallible wishes of customers &
voters, scientists & engineers devote more & more energies to these liberal projects. Yet what the scientists are discovering
& what the engineers are developing may unwittingly expose both the inherent flaws in the liberal world view & the blindness
of customers & voters? When genetic engineering & artifical intelligence reveal their true potential, liberalism, democracy and
Global free markets might become as obsolete as flint knives, tape cassettes,
Islam & communism! Wat doen we nu met 'samenleving,
ons onderling wereldwijd universeel wederzijds begrip,
milieuvervuiling' & 'allerlei afgeleide
dwangmaatregels' ter
'overleving'???



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