[extropy-chat] Rick's Text

[JDP]

rick wrote:

> 
> http://home.centurytel.net/rickw/aonl.htm
> 
> "an enticing tale of the possibilities of transhumanism" it also
> outlines much of what I call scientific atheism. 

I've read it. Though... and... and of course... it was still a nice 
little read.

I liked the confrontational aspect of it, and the child's agressivity in 
chapter 2. I thought it was quite funny.

Of course, the whole atheism thing would have meant more to me when I 
was 14. Since that time, it stopped being a hot topic to me. I guess it 
means more to you in the US, where belief is still the norm.

Here's a bit of personal experience, very much contrary to the one of 
your main character. My parents were believers (father protestant, 
mother catholic), but eager to make me independent from them and always 
respectful for and interested in my own beliefs and ideas (of course, I 
am still a bit angry at them that they would pour such nonsense in my 
head when I was a child). With time and discussions, they became 
atheist, too (so I redeemed them :-).

Jacques