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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (11976)	4/19/2001 1:44:39 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Cool. And what, exactly, does that prove? Most people, right now, don't understand calculus, which is in turn the basis for most of physics as a science. Most people accept divinity because that is what they were raised to do, inheritance is much more common than rational choice in that area, in my experience. I'd also argue that it's much easier to accept divinity than to learn calculus, but that's another story.

To: Neocon who wrote (11976)	4/19/2001 2:31:36 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Most people see beauty and meaning in the world, and historically have tended to accept divinity....... And. What a lovely conjunction! You can use it between two completely different things and it suggests a connection. Most people see beauty and meaning because our senses are wired to discriminate and our intelligence is wired to recognize sequence. Most people historically have tended to accept divinity because they didn't know any better. That's not to say there's a "better," mind you, only that that's why they historically have done it. The first humans were too scared and too unsophisticated to explain the world around them any other way. Their approach has been incorporated into our culture and passed down to us. While I was away, I took a nice walk, got a haircut, and found a lovely Mexican papaya. Just as soon as I fix some lunch, I'll get to Bertrand. Karen