From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 22:40:57 MDT
> Spike Jones spike66@ibm.net wrote:
> ...
> >over there worship cucumbers..." All with different rules of moral conduct
> >and none with a majority. Welcome them all, and offer an alternative
> >for those who see the madness of it all.
>
> Michael LaTorra wrote:
>
> Some people might object that these islands could be highly repressive, and
> that children born there could not leave. That is so. But this would only
> affect individuals temporarily - children eventually grow up --
Arthur C. Clarke speculated (in 2061?) that the last remnants of
christianity will be Catholicism and two major branches of
Mormonism, these being successful because of their basic
teaching of the wonderfulness of having many children and
indoctrinating them before they develop memetic immunity.
Seems to be working. spike
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