On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Andri Isidoro Fernandes Esteves wrote: > > The religious person is always battling against reality wich with a minimum > of inteligence from the observer always bring doubts on the truth of his > faith. > > It's a state of mind wich can only be compared with mental ilness... > (I've read that there are even some neurological similarities between the > faithful and the mentaly ill)
I won't disagree, but I think we better live in a bunker! > The author of that statement: "I have no need of that hipotheses" was > Laplace, french mathematician on answering Napoleon's question in why is book > on newtonian mechanics didn't call for god. thank you! Looks like my date was off by 100 years :-) Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike