>>Avraham's classic line was "if the moon replaces the sun and the sun replaces >>the moon then neither is the creator and there must be something greater. The >>physics of the suns process is nice to know, but not really necessary (how many >>people can tell me how it works today-non geek that is)
Right, but it is not worshipped as a god. Again speaking mainstream. >>6. How come I can't have sex with a close relative? >>Actually, you can. Sisters are out but cousins are usually safe. Even sisters >>aren't 100% bad as the negative genes don't always come into effect and >>sometimes take generations to show. Right, this was more of a societal norm question than a scientific one. > 7. Why do people get sick when they eat pork (the whole trichinella > thing, and aversion to pork) Well, if God said no then the answer is no (my take on it). But the question is answered. You wont get worms in the muscles of your body if you cook pork to the proper temperature. > As times progressed (including the birth of the judeao-christian ethos). The > old religions either: >>There is no 'Judeo-Christian'. There may have been somewhere around 1ce, but the >>differences have piled up to the point that there is a Jewish viewpoint and a >>Christian one and they are quite different. Point taken. But that is why I said the "birth". I however failed to mention anything of the divergence. > Okay. So that's my theory. I think that it is just a matter of time before > the current religions either adapt or die out. How would they adapt? I have > no idea, maybe become more scientific. Who knows? >>Nice theory and there will be some that die out or adapt, but again I have a >>single response. Judaism. If I take my argument to it's logical conclusion, then Judaism's days are numbered too. >>The history of world religions show many that have been around for thousands of years with >>few changes. Yes, but I wonder if the percentage of the population that belives in them AND are active members is on the decline? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
