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[William Flynn Wallace]

Christianity as a death cult?  I think of it more as a fear cult.  Fear of
not fitting in in society. Fear of Hell (though I know many Christians
don't believe in it).  Is a Christian any worse than a person who believes
in ghosts?  There are more believers there than in Christianity.  How many
people have a sound mind?  bill w

On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 5:53 PM Gadersd via extropy-chat <
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> From: Gadersd <gadersd at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 2:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [ExI] (no subject)
> To: <efc at swisscows.email>
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> I always find these immortality discussions very strange. For me, it is
> not about immortality per se, but about choice. Being able to decide
> yourself when you had enough.
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> I must object to the use of the term “immortality.” If the probability per
> year of death is for all time greater than some number, ε, then with
> certainty all beings will eventually perish. There will always be a
> nonzero probability of accidental death that I think can be bounded by some
> number ε. In any case there is the heat death to end the stragglers.
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> I agree that choice is essential. However, if given the choice to die or
> live another day I do not see any person of sound mind who is free of
> extreme distress choosing the former. I do not view adherence to death
> cults, such as Christianity, as being part of a sound mind.
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> On Jun 16, 2023, at 2:24 PM, efc at swisscows.email wrote:
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> On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Gadersd via extropy-chat wrote:
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> ask about why we want to live a long time.
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> That seems an odd thing to have to explain. Life is good, no?
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> I always find these immortality discussions very strange. For me, it is
> not about immortality per se, but about choice. Being able to decide
> yourself when you had enough.
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