From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2001 - 14:22:48 MDT
From: "Reason" <reason@exratio.com>
> The moderately religious have the same desires as the irrelegious (or
> areligious for that matter).
No, not really. The religious want to go to heaven, but they don't want to
die.
(I know because a wise old Turk once told me so.)
Atheists (and non-theists) don't want to go to heaven, but sometimes they do
want to die.
(Theists want to die sometimes too, but their religion prohibits suicide.)
©¿©¬
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
We won't move into a better future until we debunk religiosity, the most
regressive force now operating in society.
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