(Er, sorry, arse.)
So what we need to do is... start a cult? ;-)
we need these guys.. we neeed the people who infuse science with magic and present the hows in a wodnerful accuarate and metaphoric way and open new possibilitites for the why questions.. becasue answering the "why me"; "why we are here", "why is everything like that" creates the social bonding we need: the social bonding that our left-wing principles need.
But first, buy media.
A pleasure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
However, those who really believe that secular values need to displace religious ones in society certainly need to think about what that means institutionally and critically how that framework likely cannot be provided by the state and as such will have to actually, attract and "provide value" to people.
Communion should be fun in the new religion. ;-) Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.
