> Let's further suppose that the immortality breakthrough happens in 2100. > Then everyone who dies between now and then is dying solely because of > the past attitude of the Christian authorities: Christianity is > responsible for *billions* of deaths in the near future. (And you can > make a similar argument for everyone who dies of some disease in the > century or whatever before it's cured too.) >
So, I guess the fact that officially atheistic countries, such as the USSR have had a much better track record in science than countries with a large fraction of church going Christians, like the US supports your contention. I guess I have to admit that wondrous advances like Lysenko's genetics would never have taken place in the US. :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
