----- Original Message ----- From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Explanation
> > On 15 Nov 2003, at 3:24 pm, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 7:40 AM > > Subject: Re: Explanation > > > >> I presume you mean by 'Cult' a 'false religion'. But isn't a false > >> religion a religion too? Or if not, how do you tell the false ones > >> from > >> the true ones? And how can more than one be true? > > > > In a manner similar to the ability of a photon to be a wave and a > > particle. > > ;-) > > > > I don't think so. A photon can be a wave and a particle in the sense > that it behaves like a wave and it behaves like a particle. > > Clearly these are not mutually exclusive attributes. Actually they are. >That it is true that a photon is like a wave does not make it false that it is like a > particle. Literally speaking, it certainly does. > On the other hand, with respect to the claims of religion, for certain > claims to be true other claims of other religions do have to be false. > > So, I don't see the similarity :) I appreciate that. Let me start a description of the similarities with a question: how can a particle go through two different slits? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
