Re: atheism

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Tue Nov 09 1999 - 06:27:39 MST


At 11:21 AM 8/11/99 EST, the spudster wrote:

>Don't be surprised with every scientific discovery achieved, that it gets
>utilized by the religious, I mean, why not? Religion as practiced by the
>non-fundamentalist is a form of social inter-action, and also an "opiate" to
>quote Marx.

And also as a load of pompous pseudo-intellectual old codswallop.

A friend cites the New Testament:

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And Jesus asked them, "Who is it that men say that I am?"

And the disciples answered, "You are the kerygma of our metaphysical
grounding."

And Jesus said unto them, "Say *what*?"

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Damien Broderick



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