Re: WAY OFF TOPIC: Religion

["Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>That would seem to be an odd place to put the shining light of >creation.
>Maybe we're not.

There is no effective way to demonstrate the origin of life on Earth as
having its genesis on Earth.
Considering the vast distances involved it would never be possible to visit
any other locations in a single human lifetime using normal chemical
propulsion means. If you used other methods not yet available you could make
the trip to a place that may be another site where life exists in your
lifetime, but the time for everyone else would remain constant. The shining
light then is what you make it to be.

"dgk" <dgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.
>