From: "James Rogers" <jamesr@best.com>
> Atheism is a religion?
>
> This sounds like a problem with the Maoist religion as far as I can tell.
Excellent point, and one that reminds us that, unlike theists, atheists don't
wage religious wars. The millions murdered by socialist totalitarianism were
the victims of ideology, not any pogrom against supernaturalism.
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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment, malevolent AI
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
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