Carlos Morales Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 I'm having trouble understanding how so many in the Austrian school of economics are catholics. Tom Woods, Lew Rockwell, Jeffrey Tucker, and a number of others are catholics. he hierarchical structure based off of people who have wanted to control for hundreds of years that is so present in the catholic church, seems in complete opposition to the ethical reasons for anarcho-capitalism. Is there anyone here that's been given a rational answer for this?
Brandon Buck _BB_ Posted February 24, 2013 Posted February 24, 2013 There is no rational answer for it. Religion is, for lack of a better term, a mental disorder. Those who have this problem can be highly intelligent and logical in every aspect of their lives but when it comes to the subject of gods and religion, they simply dissociate. And like any other addiction, you can't reason them out of it because they weren't reasoned into it.
Libertus Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 It's a coping mechanism. It is also a result of pattern recognition, which is something out brains are good at.
ribuck Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 I have heard Jeffrey Tucker talk about how he values the community of his church, and about how much he enjoys singing in its choir, but I've never heard him claim that there is a sky-being behind all of this, or that the pope is some kind of agent of this sky-being.
Alan C. Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 It's an interesting phenomenon. It's possible for people to believe in the supernatural while recognizing certain truths in the world. Ken Miller is a Catholic and brilliant biologist. I recommend watching him on YouTube.
nathanm Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 Trying to get a libertarian elected into government office probably isn't the greatest idea, but Jeffrey Tucker for Pope is a campaign I could support. Are they still hiring over there?
Rick Horton Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 There is no rational answer for it. Religion is, for lack of a better term, a mental disorder. Those who have this problem can be highly intelligent and logical in every aspect of their lives but when it comes to the subject of gods and religion, they simply dissociate. And like any other addiction, you can't reason them out of it because they weren't reasoned into it. Yeah. I like this perspective. It seems to be the way it is. Not only in Christianity but in by far the most powerful movers of men. Man seems to latch onto something stronger than himself, which is understandable although that comes with a high price, and what's more powerful than a man who controls even beyond the natural life span. A God that promises that if you don't live while on Earth, if you turn the other cheek, and if you let yourself be controlled, imprisoned, and ultimately surrender your will "totally" you will get into his fraternity of the afterlife. If you, however, do things by your desire, free will, etc, you will burn forever. Obviously this gives the weak an edge they could NEVER get over the strong without the invention of God. God is the nanny nanny boo boo, you have me now, but you're gonna pay later, way of controling men, and sadly it's given weak, inoble men that edge pretty successfully for about 2000 years now and it's distorted the reality of human life so greatly that we feel now that we have to have a justification to "another man, or men" as to why we will do anything. This is leading to men just saying no to life itself, so they can at least be comfortable. But this is definitely not living, and why should the non living here, receive "eternal life" there? That would be so perverse that only weak men could have designed such a cowardly, deceptive, dishonest, way to gain some power.
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