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

To: The Philosopher who wrote (26191)	9/7/2001 2:50:10 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

That seems to me to be the sensible way to look at it. By the way, I do find it interesting, and somewhat comforting, that the prayer teams in most of these were not only ecumenical, but inter- religious......

To: The Philosopher who wrote (26191)	9/10/2001 4:21:23 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If you apply Occam's Razor to the issue, the simplest theory seems to be the existence of an external force. No. That is an imaginative theory which is complex in the most sleepy and inventive way. Occam's razor does not even have to look at such ridiculous nonsense. All of us are aware of the inability of prayer to kick us ahead! WE have all tried it. We have all found it to be the hobgoblin of frightened little minds. My example is crude: But who would fight my knife with a prayer only?? I would easily kill every human being on the face of the earth. Mumbling does not prevent the blade. To conjecture about a greater power is rather commendable. But stupid is as stupid does...