[ExI] atheists de-baptize unbelievers:

[darren shawn greer]

  Hey, I'm about to leave for a dance party (I don't get out much)! I'm
> wondering about the ratio of virtous vrs. un-virtuous women who will
> be there...

 

If you find too many virtous ones, you can always tell them that Aristotle claimed that over-regulating desire through excessive virtue was a character flaw. Not sure if that'll get you anywhere but an odd look or a slap. Last resort maybe. Have fun.

 

Darrern

 

 


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> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:04:19 -0700
> From: possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com
> To: extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
> Subject: Re: [ExI] atheists de-baptize unbelievers:
> 
> Damien wrote:
> Proxy de-baptizing is not meant as a means of denying anyone anything
> real, including immortality once science perfects it. It instead helps
> detach the virtuous from mind-warping foolishness and exploitation,
> should the person *choose* to accept it.
> >>
> 
> Okay, Damien, you made your point as a card-carrying atheist who
> chases me around with a sharpened Occam's razor! lol But the virtous
> can come in many forms and from a multitude of groups.
> 
> Hey, I'm about to leave for a dance party (I don't get out much)! I'm
> wondering about the ratio of virtous vrs. un-virtuous women who will
> be there...
> 
> John : )
> 
> 
> On 7/17/10, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> > On 7/17/2010 7:46 PM, John Grigg wrote:
> >
> >> The Mormon proxy baptisms are not meant as a means of granting anyone
> >> immortality. It instead gives membership into God's church and
> >> kingdom, should the person on the other side*choose* to accept it.
> >
> > Proxy de-baptizing is not meant as a means of denying anyone anything
> > real, including immortality once science perfects it. It instead helps
> > detach the virtuous from mind-warping foolishness and exploitation,
> > should the person *choose* to accept it.
> >
> > Damien Broderick
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