[ExI] Theological arguments

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 7:37 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On
> Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2015 1:43 PM
> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Theological arguments
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> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 2:44 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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> *From:* extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On
> Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Theological arguments
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> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 12:25 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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> ​>…What is so difficult for me to understand is this:  we teach young
> children about the tooth fairy, Santa, Easter bunny…After all, they were
> lied to over and over.
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> bill w
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> BillK, the most religious parents do not teach their children about the
> Easter bunny, Santa or tooth fairy, none of it.  They don’t want the
> competition for their religion memes…spike
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> ​>…That's billW please…
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> Oops ja, sorry.
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> >…  The very idea of not celebrating Xmas in every way - well, just no
> words for that…  I take it you were raised in a very different
> environment.  bill w​
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> Times change.  I may be wrong on this, but it feels to me like Santa Claus
> is a pale shadow of the importance now compared to my own misspent
> childhood.  In those benighted times, every strip mall had its own Santa
> character.  It is possible they still do in many places, but I don’t really
> see it much around here.  The local children are only vaguely familiar with
> the concept.  I don’t know if it is changing times or just this area.
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> ​You and the people you are around - the local children - are all from
> California.
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​I rest my case.  bill w​


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