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From: The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> > From: Ronald Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > > 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".
> >
> >
> > By that definition, when I teach a subject like introductory astronomy
> or
> > freshman math or physics for non-majors, I am teaching religion,
> because I
> > frequently have to say, "You'll just have to take my word for this,"
> > because, for example, to establish a particular result may require
> calculus
> > or abstract algebra or other advanced courses which not only do we not
> > expect the students at that level to have taken, but most of them will
> never
> > take any time in their lives.
>
> That's not the point. They could in fact get to those proofs, even if
> they do not do so, those proofs do exist. With religion, those proofs do
> not exist.
Some religions say that if you humble yourself, follow the commandments, and
ask God sincerely, He will give you the proof.
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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