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


To: Greg or e who wrote (18739)11/25/2004 5:14:07 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
Do you believe in God, Andrei?
No.

Neither do I. But that's a favorite question of mine. An upside-down question, you know.
What do you mean?

Well, if I asked people whether they believed in life, they'd never understand what I meant. It's a bad question. It can mean so much that it really means nothing. So I ask them if they believe in God. And if they say they do -- then, I know they don't believe in life.
Why?

Because, you see, God -- whatever anyone chooses to call God -- is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own possibility thinks very little of himself and his life. It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own.

-- Ayn Rand



To: Greg or e who wrote (18739)11/27/2004 10:44:51 AM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
“the Constitution is a piece of paper which sets out the opinions of a bunch of dead guys. Nice, but hardly ethically binding.

Yes, that is what it is. It is the opinions of dead guys. You are surprised it was their opinions when they argued and debated and worried words and sentences to death?

Maybe you think it was your opinion or mine or somebody else who never signed? Or maybe you just never thought about it.