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

To: one_less who wrote (79112)	11/13/2003 11:44:36 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"To each life form there is a testing and refining mechanism that encourages the best possible form of being. Those corrupted by weakness or disease are tested and either strengthened or eliminated by natural order." On your Darwinian rant, I will only question the word "best". "We have heard and those with ears to hear have listened to the fortuitous messages of our caring teachers" There have been many teachers. They are only fallible people--stuck in the ignorance of their time and place. Feel free to name any one of them for me. I will point out their ignorance by direct quotes. "It is a matter of written history that dangers, difficulties, and conflicts with corruption present themselves throughout our story." Yes. Life is dangerous. Eventually...ALL DIE. "The corruption of our form is not measured so much by physical lameness or disease as it is our ability to avoid indulgence" What are you talking about? Our form is not significantly affected by indulgence. Sure--if you over-eat you will gain some weight. It is reversible, though... "Although some may prefer to pursue vain indulgence and compulsion, they will find (as foretold) that this course is never ultimately satisfying." SO? They will also sink if they don't swim. Meaning what? You have no business telling people what is or is not "ultimately" satisfying. You are a couple of feet longer than your cot! "If they choose this instead of the well lit path that promises eternal and absolute satisfaction (also foretold) then they will ultimately be disappointed." Tell me about the "well lit" path. This is apparently the crux of your "argument" seeing as you assume it.

To: one_less who wrote (79112)	11/14/2003 12:30:54 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 82486

"Those without vision might misinterpret this as some sort of natural cruelty. Life scientists, however, do not report observations animosity, or cruelty within the process." Open your eyes. Survival in nature often involves the most intense and unreserved suffering. "From the signs in nature we have recorded for one another our observations of time and circumstance. Our ancients have reported and in modern times we continue to speak of the conditions of our circumstance." I can't find any meaning in this rambling sentence. Do you take opiuum? "We have heard and those with ears to hear have listened to the fortuitous messages of our caring teachers." Do you take opium? "The corruption of our form is not measured so much by physical lameness or disease as it is our ability to avoid indulgence" I have read this sentence over and over and it still means absolutely nothing. "The future either promises the rewards of material indulgence which is ultimately unsatisfying and ends in destruction, or it promises an eternity of ultimate well being" The future doesn't promise anything. And nothing lasts for an eternity--not even the sun. Look down at the eggs on your plate. Eternal? I don't think so!