Sorry if I wasn’t clear. The “source or origin” meaning the group doing the donating does matter, but the physical creation of the thing is irrelevant. A Dollar isn’t a “secular thing” or a “religious thing”—it’s just a thing.
Things-which-can-be-donated cannot be secular or religious, but people and organizations can, the way I see it.
I’m not sure that I am the right authority to be correcting anyone’s argument—the above comments are just my, an amateur rationalist’s, personal response to your argument.
I’m not sure that I am the right authority to be correcting anyone’s argument—the above comments are just my, an amateur rationalist’s, personal response to your argument.
Fortunately there are no authoritative sources of knowledge and all claims may be challenged. I’ve had fingers wagged my way here for quoting Karl Popper, so instead I’ll suggest a few links 12345 from my blog.
I don’t have time at the moment so I’ll have to check those out later.
At a very quick skim I saw:
“Tradition is – apart from inborn knowledge – by far the most important source of our knowledge.”
Which I must say irks me real badly, but I’ll try to keep an open mind.
At the risk of inviting bias, may I ask what the justification for the finger-wagging was? I am unfamiliar with Popper (which is sort of nice, actually. blank slate)
Sorry if I wasn’t clear. The “source or origin” meaning the group doing the donating does matter, but the physical creation of the thing is irrelevant. A Dollar isn’t a “secular thing” or a “religious thing”—it’s just a thing.
Things-which-can-be-donated cannot be secular or religious, but people and organizations can, the way I see it.
I’m not sure that I am the right authority to be correcting anyone’s argument—the above comments are just my, an amateur rationalist’s, personal response to your argument.
Fortunately there are no authoritative sources of knowledge and all claims may be challenged. I’ve had fingers wagged my way here for quoting Karl Popper, so instead I’ll suggest a few links 1 2 3 4 5 from my blog.
I don’t have time at the moment so I’ll have to check those out later.
At a very quick skim I saw:
Which I must say irks me real badly, but I’ll try to keep an open mind.
At the risk of inviting bias, may I ask what the justification for the finger-wagging was? I am unfamiliar with Popper (which is sort of nice, actually. blank slate)