Thunderbolts https://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2015/01/thunderbolts.html
> On 12-Jul-2022, at 1:11 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Part of it for some is notion that one cannot offend the Guy upstairs, or > invoke the wrath of one's fellows, whether a religion or ideology. > > My personal favorite dream after I win the lotto, would be to pay a physicist > lots of money to come up with a scientifically plausible theory for God, the > afterlife, & and everything. The writer would be given the option to write on > the frontispiece: "Look, I believe this is bullshit, but I'm being paid lots > of money to come up with this, so yeah, I sold out. I am a loyal atheist, and > don't care much for people who waste their damn time thinking about a > fantasy! But, I can find a good use for the cash he's paying me, sooooo, sue > me!" > > In this manner, the physicist would be insulated from the wrath of his > employer and colleagues. "So fire me, I could use the vacation time going to > AAAS meetings, break my heart." > > I mean this would be like a super Templeton Prize, but more profitable. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lawrence Crowell <[email protected]> > To: Everything List <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Jul 11, 2022 11:23 am > Subject: Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement > > > > On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 4:53:42 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 6:42 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Transhumanism isn't even about real world. It's about speculation about the > > real world > > And the New Testament, the Torah, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, the writings > of L Ron Hubbard, and the authors of every other scientific ignoramus who > wrote "Holy Scriptures" are unimaginative speculations about an unreal world. > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > tbb > > > > These things are mythic narratives. As for travels and descriptions of > places in the world, sure there were travelers who told of these places. This > mentality is the antithesis of real thought. Bertrand Russel met Vladimir > Ilyich Lenin and was struck by how Lenin could not talk outside the bounds of > Marxist thinking. It was as if he was a prisoner of this ideology. Religion > is similar, it is a "mind forged manacle" the imprisons the mind so it can > not longer really think. > > LC > uzp > > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 12:30 PM spudboy100 via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I don't see refutation of by scriptures, > > I don't see why anybody should care what the scriptures have to say about > transhumanism given that they were written by members of a bronze age tribe > who didn't even know where the sun went at night; transhumanism is about the > physical world, how on Earth could anybody expect wisdom about that from > them? > > > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/ee4aa913-166f-4cb6-966b-4289a5091d8en%40googlegroups.com > . > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/558453049.37807.1657570258237%40mail.yahoo.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/90C4F3EF-547C-41BC-8789-A71DEF2E924F%40gmail.com.
