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Date/Time 29 Dec 2014 2:16:07pm
Why shouldn't public policy reject "otherworldly" ideas? It seems you use the term "otherworldly" as a smokescreen to mask what is better referred to as either "false" or "fiction". As soon as these ideas are tested and yield evidence, they'll be accepted as valid - until then, we shouldn't mix public policy on mad hearsay.

Your "telos" is completely subjective sophistry, and should not be imposed upon people by a corrupt system built on a shaky foundation of myth. People can choose their own goals and purpose, and negotiate the complex moral landscape of making that work in their social network. Surely where government is concerned it should only be interested in those areas where a significant majority of the community share the same needs and desires?