Re: Democracy held hostage

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 12:12:57 MDT


Re: Democracy held hostage> From: Smigrodzki, Rafal
> Your argument sounds quite plausible, however, there is a problem: it
> means that any Christian, Jew, Muslim, or any other theist who believes in a
> personal afterlife, acts cowardly by dying in a war.

That is quite true. They are all cowards, because they lack the courage to
discover the error of their beliefs.
No problem.

Thank you for pointing that out.
If the 9-11 perps were not cowards, the WTC would still be standing.

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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

We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.



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