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23 Aug 2009, 6:05 am

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23 Aug 2009, 6:30 am

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http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Religion.swf

It is reminiscent of a fungal infection.

Too bad good sense and attention to facts did not spread as readily.

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23 Aug 2009, 6:36 am

ruveyn wrote:

LePetitPrince wrote:

http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Religion.swf

It is reminiscent of a fungal infection.

Too bad good sense and attention to facts did not spread as readily.

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You probably mean "does not spread".

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23 Aug 2009, 6:43 am

Sand wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

LePetitPrince wrote:

http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Religion.swf

It is reminiscent of a fungal infection.

Too bad good sense and attention to facts did not spread as readily.

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You probably mean "does not spread".

Did not and does not spread as rapidly. Religion is a manifestation of the darkness within us. I think mankind suffers from some kind of genetic defect. That is the basis of Original Sin. If God made man in His own image, then either God is evil or God is incompetent.

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23 Aug 2009, 7:54 am

I'd say both

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23 Aug 2009, 7:59 am

TitusLucretiusCarus wrote:

I'd say both

If He'd only been a good deal more incompetent than evil we might have done better.

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23 Aug 2009, 8:57 am

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I'd say both

If He'd only been a good deal more incompetent than evil we might have done better.

The human race is smart enough to be a danger to itself and everything around it. We are the smartest, baddest primates in The Monkey House.

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23 Aug 2009, 9:34 am

ruveyn wrote:

Sand wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

LePetitPrince wrote:

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It is reminiscent of a fungal infection.

Too bad good sense and attention to facts did not spread as readily.

ruveyn

You probably mean "does not spread".

Hmmm..... let me guess: To you, the 'good sense and attention to facts ' is the Bible and you think that most humans are stupid because they don't follow Judaism.

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I think mankind suffers from some kind of genetic defect. That is the basis of Original Sin. If God made man in His own image, then either God is evil or God is incompetent.

Not only humans kill each others for territories and resources , most species do that , this is called fighting for survival.

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23 Aug 2009, 11:40 am

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Hmmm..... let me guess: To you, the 'good sense and attention to facts ' is the Bible and you think that most humans are stupid because they don't follow Judaism.

I think good sense is more like the Standard Model of Fields and Particles. As to being Jewish, that is a family tradition. I do not recommend it for non-Jews.

The important thing is to be righteous, whether one is Jewish or not.

My favorite kind of people are fair minded, decent pagans who respect human life, property and privacy and do not have mean inclinations. I prefer the company of good neighbors and people who have good manners.

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ruveyn wrote:

Sand wrote:

TitusLucretiusCarus wrote:

I'd say both

If He'd only been a good deal more incompetent than evil we might have done better.

The human race is smart enough to be a danger to itself and everything around it. We are the smartest, baddest primates in The Monkey House.

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not just primates, we tend to beat out all forms of animals, and not far off from beating all other natural forces as well, animals in general can't even slow us down

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24 Aug 2009, 2:23 am

Arcadian wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

Sand wrote:

TitusLucretiusCarus wrote:

I'd say both

If He'd only been a good deal more incompetent than evil we might have done better.

The human race is smart enough to be a danger to itself and everything around it. We are the smartest, baddest primates in The Monkey House.

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not just primates, we tend to beat out all forms of animals, and not far off from beating all other natural forces as well, animals in general can't even slow us down

On a one to one with a shark or a tiger I'd know where to place my bet.

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24 Aug 2009, 2:48 am

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24 Aug 2009, 2:49 am

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On a one to one with a shark or a tiger I'd know where to
place my bet.

A clever human would not go one to one with a shark. And the tigers are on their way to extinction (by humans). Which is a shame, since tigers are beautiful animals. We can lick any animal in the house and we have already rendered several species of animal extinct. Where are the woolly mammoths?

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24 Aug 2009, 3:12 am

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We can lick any animal in the house and we have already rendered several species of animal extinct. Where are the woolly mammoths?

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Most of them died at the end of the last ice age. A few groups held on in a few places a little long, probably because of northern location/non human inhabitance. Tuberculosis is suspected of contributing to extinction.

We were still on a par with animals then, and moral outrage against the culling of the mammoths and mastodons is silly.

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24 Aug 2009, 3:16 am

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We were still on a par with animals then, and moral outrage against the culling of the mammoths and mastodons is silly.

Of course it is silly. If it looks good enough to eat, kill it, cook it and eat it.

Probably the worst thing that happened to certain (no extinct) species of animals is the taming of fire. Now we can cook what we kill and enjoy it all the more.

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24 Aug 2009, 3:39 am

ruveyn wrote:

Fuzzy wrote:

We were still on a par with animals then, and moral outrage against the culling of the mammoths and mastodons is silly.

Aside from tenderizing meat cooking kills a lot of pathogens and parasites. Hot drinks make water safer.

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