Dark Matter wrote:"Originates" does not mean the same thing as "subordinate." I originate from my parents; that does mean I am subordinate to them.
Do you mean that science, music ,image-making, philosophy, etc. (I refer to your list, Dark Matter)
1. Could not have existed had man not first been religious?
or
2. Existed because and only because man was religious?
or
3. Will cease to exist if and when man stops being religious?
or
4. Science, music, image-making, philosophy, etc, are as good now in the age of reason as they ever were in the age of faith?
or
5.Just as I am different from my parents but not subordinate to them so reason is different from faith but is not subordinate to faith?
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Belindi wrote:Dark Matter wrote:"Originates" does not mean the same thing as "subordinate." I originate from my parents; that does mean I am subordinate to them.
Do you mean that science, music ,image-making, philosophy, etc. (I refer to your list, Dark Matter)
1. Could not have existed had man not first been religious?
or
2. Existed because and only because man was religious?
or
3. Will cease to exist if and when man stops being religious?
or
4. Science, music, image-making, philosophy, etc, are as good now in the age of reason as they ever were in the age of faith?
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or
5.Just as I am different from my parents but not subordinate to them so reason is different from faith but is not subordinate to faith?
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I believe you to be sincere, Dark Matter, and you are fluent in written English. Please don't spoil your work with intellectual arrogance or injured ego.