Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site teklabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekchips!teklabs!done From: done@teklabs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Disturbed Society, Deranged World Message-ID: <2122@teklabs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 12:03:18 EDT Article-I.D.: teklabs.2122 Posted: Tue Jun 28 12:03:18 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jun-83 02:31:57 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 19 I noted the following phrase in one the articles in this newsgroup: "Our disturbed society is reeling in a deranged world." How many of you agree with statements of this sort....that our society is disturbed, the world is deranged, people are basically evil? Are such statements used by established religions to justify their moral stands, or is there a general consensus that something is desperately wrong with human society? Do the humanistic philosophies have a similar lament (or call to action, if you will), or must they rely upon the basic good in humankind as a starting place for philosophic development? Just wondering, Don Ellis Tektronix