[extropy-chat] Islamic morons win yet again

[Mike Dougherty]

On 9/28/06, John <john.heritage at v21.me.uk> wrote:
>
> Religious people (including atheists) are, in general, working on the
> short
> term. They need someone to excuse their mistakes and the promise of some
> super reward when they're done with the short term.

...
Remember that the church, ironically, used to be one of the driving forces

> of science and simply took money off it's crowd to fund it's work, all the
> time knowing they were proles who didn't understand it, now we have
> government issued tax and a kind of role reversal almost.
>

Thanks John for providing the kind of rational and insightful approach to
this "religion" argument that I was hoping to read on a list for smart
people.  (Ok, maybe that's not the list charter, but it's an impression I
continue to hold)
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