Philosophers…one voice out of many at the table
Even though Rorty was not a friend of religion, this idea is still beneficial because there could be much to learn. The use of a collective consciousness of people from many different fields can shed light on different perspectives–this does not mean to attempt to change ones perspective but rather to show that there are other ways to see…to keep the conversation going can be food for thought for many.
The challenges could be great for those rigid in their beliefs.
However, with so many people who are experts in their field and the only ones who have the truth, either the door to the hermeneutical conversation would have to be widened to allow the many big heads into the building or the National Guard would have to be present just in case, either way it could be messy….but in a good way I would hope.
An egomaniacal philosopher never made it to the conversation table…couldn’t fit through the door–
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Theists and the like getting ready just in case they don’t like how the conversation is going!!!
”Now if they just even hint at mentioning that Mary wasn’t a virgin, you know what to do, right?”
or
”You say you did what on the third day, we want to hear that story again, this time a little bit slower…”
With all jokes aside, the nature of religious experience is open for all, for even the atheist who declares that there is no God, still experiences life which is spiritual, for his beleif is his religious/practical way of getting through life and navigating his spirit in the cosmos, so to be able to sit at a table and discuss how one gets through life with many learned men and women would be an honor to listen to wisdom flow like a waterfall from the minds of many.
