----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> 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. Well, I like it, but there are many many bright folks who argue that there are political systems far superior to the US's. I cannot walk them through the logic to show everyone watching the hole in their logic the way I can a physics crackpot. I agree with you on the US constitution, but I cannot verify it in the same way I can verify QM. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
