tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643446187018582945.post7605781795070408163..comments2023-11-02T00:57:42.533-07:00Comments on i'm angry and not very knowledgable: why I am a BrightPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404682586172478135noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643446187018582945.post-7980738242570423332008-03-19T11:27:00.000-07:002008-03-19T11:27:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643446187018582945.post-14602928694833459362008-03-05T02:59:00.000-08:002008-03-05T02:59:00.000-08:00Pat... do you not post here anymore?Pat... do you not post here anymore?Arjunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886933953635530453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643446187018582945.post-28982769407624288082007-10-19T10:01:00.000-07:002007-10-19T10:01:00.000-07:00being catered to is pretty much the same thing as ...being catered to is pretty much the same thing as being represented, which is exactly the point of this group, for me anyway. i want naturalistic worldviews to be a part of policy debates wherever theistic ones are.<BR/><BR/>that being said, we dont have (yet) any specific standpoints to cater to. if the Brights develope specific stances we could certainly become just as dangerous as the religious groups we seek to counter, but it would be hard to get a diverse group of people to believe in any but the most universally accept moral judgments without any divine or ultimate authority, so i'm not too worried about it.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404682586172478135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643446187018582945.post-65439614295562732012007-10-19T09:35:00.000-07:002007-10-19T09:35:00.000-07:00Soob - When you say "catered", do you mean the pol...Soob - When you say "catered", do you mean the political pandering? That'd actually be kind of nice...<BR/><BR/>I don't think Brights will ever have the religious dynamic that some of the more exclusionary religious groups have, because they define themselves as people who don't believe. That will of course encompass militant atheists (like Pat =P) but also a lot of other people - I think the group will be too heterogeneous and disorganized to have an impact on anything other than discourse.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05953649845499754508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643446187018582945.post-66812108484023182832007-10-17T17:22:00.000-07:002007-10-17T17:22:00.000-07:00It could be as low as 146 :)I kid of course.But a ...It could be as low as 146 :)<BR/><BR/>I kid of course.<BR/><BR/>But a question: What's to say that the Brights won't become an effective non-religious group that is catered to in much the same fashion that religious groups are today?Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643446187018582945.post-31432847340240667752007-10-17T12:12:00.000-07:002007-10-17T12:12:00.000-07:00Well it does say that they have members in 145 cou...Well it does say that they have members in 145 countries, but no actual membership count. They should put that out there, unless its embarassingly low (doubtful if its in 145 countries).Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05953649845499754508noreply@blogger.com