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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (3521)	11/29/2000 3:01:45 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Maybe this is off topic but I found a guy who is researching ant communication. It was long thought that ants were deaf (I wouldn't have thought so). Apparently the stroke their carapaces with their legs and generate a washboard like noise. Some guy is studying these sounds and has found that they use this for correcting messages (like "OOOPS! False alarm." ) The long dwell times for pheromones apparently created the need for an ability to send corrections and cancelations. The ants can apparently pick up these vibrations several inches away. sciencenews.org

To: Solon who wrote (3521)	11/29/2000 3:27:54 PM
From: Chris land	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 28931

<<<I am curious about the afterlife:>>> Hmmm....no doubt you are. Now most of the questions you asked are already answered in the bible, but I wonder why you would even be interested in heaven. It's not likely that if your carcass fell away from your soul in the next few days you would be too concerned about the things transpiring in the heavenlies. Your immediate concern would be how you could be still you in essence while your body is dead and separated. You had better pray to God that there is no God, if that don't work then it's she-beasts turn to comfort you with a vile joke to make you laugh, at least until your NUMBER IS UP!!! GOD IS NOT MOCKED, WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH THAT SHALL HE REAP... bible

To: Solon who wrote (3521)	11/29/2000 3:45:57 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

Wow! You've really though this out. But the list is missing some stuff that is important to me. Where are the questions about my cows? Does steak come from cows in heaven? What about the leather in the shoes? Does hair grow in heaven? Toenails? Will I get to sleep with that girl I lusted for in this life? What if she isn't dead yet? Is there a toilet in heaven? Does it have paper? Who makes the tissue? Is the Rum in heaven made in factories? Who makes the bottles (maybe it is subcontracted from souls in Purgatory)? Who grows the sugar for the rum? Are the yeast that ferment the heavenly rum given an afterlife when they die? Do they have to ferment in their afterlife? Does iron rust in heaven? Is there oxygen? Do I have to walk or can I be carried? Who has to carry me? Do you have a navel in heaven? If I have a butt-zit when I die, will it go to heaven too? The list gets a little long doesn't it.

To: Solon who wrote (3521)	11/29/2000 7:53:23 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

<< I am curious about the afterlife: Will there be ... >> Here's a few more to add to your list. Will there be "free will"? If so, Heaven could have more evil than Earth. Do people age in Heaven? If a three month baby's soul goes to Heaven, does it stay three month's old? How about a three month old fetus? Heaven is quite a scam. Organized religion asks that you give your worldly fortune to it, and, in exchange, you will receive an eternity of riches and joy. The only catch: You give up your wealth NOW, they will make sure that you get your rewards AFTER you die. Which has the better business, Organized religion, or organized drug dealers?