From: Terry Donaghe (tdonaghe@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Aug 30 1999 - 06:36:07 MDT
--- Clint O'Dell <clintodell@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >As an extropian who believes in an open society, I
> say live and let
> >live. Those who are burdened by irrational belief
> systems are simply
> >those who compete less effectively. In the end,
> their silly beliefs
> >will disappear. I would say, not freedom from
> religion, but rather
> >freedom from oppresive government!! The only way
> to increase the speed
> >of technological change is to foster an open,
> dynamic society which
> >allows kooks in Kansas to raise their children to
> be imbeciles (without
> >stealing anyone's earnings) as well as allow me to
> teach my son that
> >god is just pretend.
> >
> >===
> >Terry Donaghe: terry@donaghe.com
> >http://www.donaghe.com
>
> You make some very good points. I'm just saddened
> to think of the innocent
> children brain washed to believing what their
> parents want to believe and
> not getting a fair chance at competition.
>
You make it sound like once a kid is grown into an adult, he can't
change his worldview. I disagree very strongly. When I graduated from
high school I was extremely socialist and a very devout christian. Now
I'm neither. No one gets a fair chance at competition until he/she
enters the "real world" and has to provide for himself. Everyone gets
that chance. Those of us who can change and adapt will and the others
will be left behind. It's the circle of life. :)
===
Terry Donaghe: terry@donaghe.com
http://www.donaghe.com
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." --Samuel Adams
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