On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:57 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > On 13 Dec 2007, at 08:49, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > >> Nick Arnett wrote: >>> >>>> A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! >>> >>> Considering that this is about genetic links to *disorders*, >>> quite a few >>> people in addition you would have to agree to redefine religion >>> as such >>> first. >>> >>> I'd wish you luck with that, but it wouldn't be sincere. >>> >>> Perhaps they can figure out how to turn off greed. >>> >> OTOH, considering the totalitarian approach to genetic disorders, >> isn't >> it more likely that, since the majority of the population is >> religious, >> a drug will be developed that will cure _atheism_? > > But they wouldn't be able to agree which religion to afflict the > faith- > free with and it would end up in internecine squabbling.
Score 3: funny I would agree, except that the kind that engages in eugenics and the like rarely have a problem picking their fanaticism: they generally know _exactly_ what they want you to think. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
