From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Jul 11 2002 - 02:09:43 MDT
spike66 wrote:
> Damien Broderick wrote:
>
>> It's hard to argue with that kind of Truth. It is probably
>> counter-productive to tell people who have this as their basic,
>> unquestioned and perhaps even unconscious baseline that you wish to
>> `extend' or `maximize' or `optimize' lifespans. You might as well tell
>> them
>> you're planning a pact with Satan to obtain some more of that deadly
>> fruit
>> of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil...
>>
> I am concerned that those infected with the scriptures-as-
> divine-truth meme will attempt to destroy Alcor, either by frivolous
> lawsuits or old fashioned panicky mob surrounding the castle.
> Genesis 3 describes Adam devouring the fruit from the tree
> of knowledge of good and evil, which was adjacent to the
> tree of life. Verse 22: "And the Lord God said, Behold, the
> man is become as one of us, (ever wonder who is "us"?) to know
> good and evil: and now lest he put forth his hand, and take
> also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..." god drove
> him and Eve outta the garden.
>
Nope. I grew up surrounded by fundies. Not of them go out and
put grannie to deat if she lives longer than the mentioned
ordained number of years. There are a lot more likely things to
worry about.
- s
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