I’m continuing my reporting on the next installment from Conservative Estimate, the recently founded website that is devoted to demolishing Conservatism.
Yesterday, Alfred George completed his discussion of the Myth of Religion, and showed that Religion can play a useful role in society, as long as it does not try to impose its particular beliefs on society as a whole. He also pointed out that those who believe in the Myth of Religion (that Religion is the source of morality in society) also tend to value Tradition highly, since both seem to draw their inspiration from the past.
Today, he begins to examine the Myth of Tradition, the belief that Tradition is the repository of wisdom gleaned from the past and the cornerstone of stability in society.
Let’s take the walk over the orangeries to look at his argument . . .