From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 4 23:18:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FBEF37B400 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 23:18:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org [64.239.180.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54BB43E6A for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 23:18:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g856Ii189601; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 23:18:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org) Message-Id: <200209050618.g856Ii189601@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Neal E. Westfall" Cc: Terry Lambert , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 23:18:39 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Neal E Westfall writes: >> >> > What questions which cannot be dealt with rationally? >> >> >> >> "Is there a God?" "Why are we here?" "What is the one difference >> >> between a sacred being and an evil being?" >> >> >> >> Those are some examples. Have fun. ;) >> > >> > How to deal with them rationally: "I don't know". >> >> That is the first step to wisdom. |) > > Either that, or "The fear of the Lord...etc." (Prov. 1:7) > 8-) I completely disagree that fear has anything to do with any supreme being of the universe. If you are in fear of Hell or in desire of Heaven, these are not appropriate reasons to go around supporting God. (Good lord, how did I get into a -real- religious argument? ;) ) ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< Most anything that annoys you is a mirror. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message