I'm not sure what I did wrong that led to this thread being immediately hijacked by religion - surely the possibility of crows exhibiting a similar type of intelligence to humans (albeit in a lesser degree) is a more interesting subject than some ideas people made up millennia ago in an attempt to explain a universe they had no comprehension of?
Just in case anyone's interested, this was the article. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060606-crows_2.html I'm sure my friend here likes it! [image: Inline images 1] On 7 April 2014 11:38, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/6/2014 3:18 PM, John Mikes wrote: > > Samiya Illias, > you took up an honorable position and will be rewarded for it in the > afterlife - "if there is an afterlife". > A friend (almost reaching the title of Catholic Priest) said in a similar > discussion: It means so little mental investment to BELIVE and the reward > is so great (eternal bliss) that it wood be foolish not to go it's way. > > > Hmmm? Eternal bliss while singing hymns and worshipping a despotic > egomanical superbeing, for eternity... Sounds like being drugged. I think > I'll pass. > > Brent > "Now then in Earth these people cannot stand much church - an > hour and a quarter is the limit and they draw the line at once a > week. That is to say, Sunday. One day in seven; and even then > they do not look forward to it with longing. And so - consider > what their heaven provides for them: "church" that lasts forever, > and Sabbath that has not end! They quickly weary of this brief > hebdomadal Sabbath here, yet they long for that eternal one; > they dream of it, they talk about it, they think they think they > are going to enjoy it - with all their simple hearts they think > they think they are going to be happy in it! > It is because they do not think at all; they only think they > think. > --- Mark Twain, Letters from Earth > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
