On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:19:29PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:45 PM > Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:18:09AM -0000, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > > The real problem is that we **don't** have a decent definition of > > > religion, as things that are considered religions by most people > > > differ substantially. > > > > To me, a religion is any system of thought or ideaology in which, when > > you start asking questions, you soon reach the point where you have no > > choice but to passively accept what you are told: "take my word for it" > > or "just have faith". > > Like string theory? :-)
Yes. > Seriously, that would include almost all political though. I > know what experimental verification is, and basically every > political system is not subject to verification/falsification by > experimentation. The US Constitution has been subject to hundreds of years of verification. It seems to work fairly well. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
