[ExI] Atheists catch a break

[William Flynn Wallace]

It can be, and is.  But it can only be done if it is completely voluntary.
As soon as there is legal compulsion, that system fails.  spike

Oh?  Where is it done?  bill w

On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 3:42 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Atheists catch a break
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> I would put the notion of Original Sin and the concept of hell tied
> for second worst, with gold medal for worst idea in history going to
> communism   spike
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> >…  In communism we have a great idea:  from each according to their
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> With the stimulus package currently being considered in the USA, it isn’t
> so much communism-lite as it is communism-weird: from each according to
> their abilities, to each according to their having a pulse.
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>  >… If only that could be done.  In fact, I don't see why it cannot be
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> >…  That assumes that people will give up the idea of personal property,
> and that is about as far from what humans are like as 'love your enemies'.
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> Ja.  When people voluntarily give up personal property, then they are free
> to give away everything.  Until then, not.
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