But despite fundamentalism, like what killed Islamic science, it is here for good. (Any interpretation of the ambiguity will do)
Rich On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:12 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/5/2013 1:33 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > > 2013/12/5 <[email protected]> > >> They are proven false. People leave religions all the time. Often for >> another one. >> > > If they were proven false, what's your explanation of why the catholic > church still exists and has followers ? (or take your pick at any current > religion here on earth) > > > But as I pointed out by quoting H. L. Mencken's "Graveyard of the Gods", > there are hundreds, if not thousands, of religions that have come and > gone. I wouldn't say that they vanished because they were disproven. > Often they have been deprived of adherents by conquest. Some have been > displaced by newer or modified religions. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
