Re: Dispelling the "Man the Mighty Hunter" Myth

usual suspect wrote:

> Rat wrote:

> > -- and I note you haven't yet answered my post.

> Which one would that be?

The one from 11/30 which discussed Mason and "primitive"
cultures.

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> > And why should you call me a luddite? 

> The shoe fits.

> > I've given no indication I want
> > to destroy technology, or oppose technology when properly used. 

> Your little qualification is your shoe. It fits.

So you support technology when improperly used?  Anything is
O.K., as long as it involves use of modern machinery and
industrial/technological stuff?  The attack on 9/11 was just
dandy because it involved an airplane?

Of course one has to qualify the use of technology -- it is
a tool, anything from a flaked handaxe to a modern space
shuttle to a bomb.  A hammer is a form of technology, but a
hammer becomes technology misused when someone uses it to
murder someone else by whacking him on the head with it.

> > I've
> > just said that a high level of technology in itself does not make a
> > culture's ideas more or less valuable.  Since you hold to a literalist
> > interpretation of the bible, 

> Where have I said what I believe?

Where you claimed the bible could not be illuminated by the Holy
Spirit or our interpretation of the text change over time.

> > I assume you agree with that.

> Ever see Walter Matthau in "Bad News Bears"?

No.

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Rat