Re: WAY OFF TOPIC: Religion

[dgk <dgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:32:53 -0500, NotX <no.X@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:32:33 -0500, Frosty <Clause39@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:46:23 -0500 in 24hoursupport.helpdesk  NotX
>><no.X@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, intended to write something intelligible, but
>>instead wrote :
>>
>>>On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:17:10 -0500, Frosty <Clause39@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:36:56 -0500 in 24hoursupport.helpdesk
>>>>realperson <noname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, intended to write something
>>>>intelligible, but instead wrote :
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:21:19 -0500, Frosty <Clause39@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What makes man choose to post to these newsgroups about his religion?
>>>>>
>>>>>The same idiocy that allows him to HAVE a religion?
>>>>
>>>>You're certainly entitled to your opinion.
>>>>I have a religion but I wouldn't dream of spamming newsgroups in an
>>>>attempt to push it down your throats.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I find I have very little problem with anyone having a religion as
>>>compared to spewing BS everywhere you go. However, theistic religion
>>>does tend to show a lack of reason, as in the fact there is NO
>>>evidence to suggest the existence of any of these magical beings and
>>>activities.
>>
>>Again,
>>You are entitled to your opinion, but you're teetering very close to
>>the edge of calling ME an idiot!
>
>Nothing of the sort.
>
>>Those who arrogantly assume that they are oh so smart because they
>>disbelieve what millions of generations before them believed;
>

I like the "millions of generations". Actually, let's think of each
generation as 25 years. That's pretty generous. So, us Jews supposedly
started the monotheistic genre of religion maybe 5000 to 6000 years
ago. Perhaps that's 200 or even 250 generations. Not millions.
Christians, that would be 80 generations. Muslims, well, do the math.

Almost all of those folks were pretty ignorant of the fact that the
earth is not the center of the universe, or the only thing in it. In
fact, we're the third rock from an extremely minor star in a remote
corner of a small galaxy. That would seem to be an odd place to put
the shining light of creation. Maybe we're not.