Re: Objects and Relations
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:09:33 -0800
Message-ID: <l6rft2lmgf85h9e08vaoehu8hl7ep9eisf_at_4ax.com>
Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
[snip]
>> Nobody asked me, but I think everybody should agree to stop this thread
>> as it gets into matters which humans are obviously incapable of. (Being
>> as religious as they seem to be, it amazes me how some posters can
>> persist in such arrogance, and me being rather atheistic, I think I
>> qualify as objective in this case.)
>
>As a devout lifelong atheist, I feel I have to step up and defend my
>irrationality here. Atheism is at least as irrational as any other
>religion or superstition. Some argue it is the least rational of
>religions because it doesn't offer the emotional crutch of promised
>salvation, ritual or social interaction.
>True objectivity demands agnosticism in the absense of empirical evidence.
[snip]
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences. You have biases. He/She has prejudices.Received on Sun Feb 18 2007 - 07:09:33 CET