LOL!
-Prof. Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: MICHAEL.FULFORD.HD2O@statefarm.com
<MICHAEL.FULFORD.HD2O@statefarm.com>
To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 2:18 PM
Subject: virus: Who Is Mother Nature?
>Does anyone here think it is innapropriate--perhaps even hypocritical, for
>atheists to make mention of "mother nature"? I realize that the term
"mother
>nature" is nothing more than a quick and easy way to say "the laws of the
>natural world", but by given it a persona, aren't we demonstrating our own
>susceptibility and acceptance towards mythical thought?
>
>Makes me want to go read Julian Jaynes' "The Origin Of Consciousness In The
>Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mind" again. Perhaps even atheists have some
innate
>'need' for external authority.
>
>Just my $.02 worth.
>
>Michael Fulford
>