Re: National Day of Reason

On Thu, 02 May 2024 00:38:36 -0230
David Dalton <[email protected]> wrote:

> From a Google margin box (from Wikipedia?):
> 
> The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists,
> atheists, secularists, and freethinkers. The day is celebrated
> annually on the first Thursday in May, in response to the statutory
> observance of a National Day of Prayer in the United States,
> which many atheist and secular groups deem unconstitutional.
> 
> Date:Thursday, May 2, 2024
> 
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> https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
> “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to
> find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)
> 

People who use "reason" can be as bad as religious fundamentalists.
"Reason" leads to evil, when based on false assumptions, or hubris.

We need to account for that which isn't quantified, that which is
qualitative, unknown.  Leading by reason leads men astray as they
are led to believe that data is everything and means everything.
This results in a technocracy.