Re: virus: VIRUS: The dangers of God

Nathan Russell (frussell@frontiernet.net)
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:43:14 -0400


Aristotle alone, with his ideas about falling bodies and celestiel vs.
terestrial motion, delayed the development of the scientific method greatly;
even the Catholics, with their opposition to polytheism, didn't pardon
Galelio and recognize the validity of Gravity until the seventies.... Of
course, the Catholic heirarchy has a history of lagging behind their
believers - birth control, evolution, pre and extra maritial sex...

sodom wrote:

> I love the line of inquiry, but it seems pointless to guess where we
> would be. Bacically i would love to see how a large group or nation of
> Atheists would fare, we have no way to know though, as we would be
> immediatly nuked. (and dont say "it's been done" - it hasn't, the Soviet
> Union forced a system on it's people)
>
> Sodom
> Bill Roh
>
> Nathaniel Hall wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Nathan Russell wrote:
> >
> >> While we on this list often tease about god and how it's a
> >> harmless
> >> missconception, the god meme can be very dangerous for its followers
> >> in
> >> what *can be proven to be* the real world. ...
> >
> > We'd be living in space and in other solar systems by now were it not
> > for religion. One thousand years were wasted on its man hating
> > beliefs. Too bad its followers can't all be like the Amish: tiny
> > little enclaves that stay out of the way of progress.
> >
> > Nate hall

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Nathan Russell
frussell@frontiernet.net

"It is now time for the human race to enter the Solar System" -Dan Quayle on the possibility of a manned mission to Mars

(Well, Danny Boy, the rest of us are already here, but we'll wait for you)