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Mammuthus
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Message 30 of 91 (16735)
09-06-2002 5:16 AM
Reply to: Message 29 by axial soliton
09-05-2002 5:15 PM


Hi Axial
Though I agree with most of your post I disagree with the last part "Technology is not the same as philosophy. People need both.We need our religions to teach kindness."
I don't think we require religion to teach kindess. In cases where it does, great, but there are plenty of kind atheists/agnostics
Cheers,
Mammuthus
quote:
Originally posted by axial soliton:
This is not difficult. Christianity suppressed science and oppressed scientists through the Dark Ages and for as long as it could control education and information. An example among many :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/319712.stm
Christianity wanted to be the institution to tell people how to live in the world around them and control what they did and how they did it. Control means power and money. Now, science is superbly providing information to people on how to live in the world around them and getting better at it all the time. And, science does not have the control and ego baggage.
Why does Christianity feel it necessary to compete with science on technology?
The bible is not a very good technology book. Why is Christianity even in the business of technology?
What we need is a strong philosophical institution to maintain and improve things like integrity, kindness, and morality. Maybe after the Church's present morality crisis, it can step up to that role. This is the point that needs to be stressed. Technology is not the same as philosophy. People need both.We need our religions to teach kindness.


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Mammuthus
Member (Idle past 6475 days)
Posts: 3085
From: Munich, Germany
Joined: 08-09-2002


Message 57 of 91 (22179)
11-11-2002 5:29 AM
Reply to: Message 43 by doinker
11-09-2002 2:03 PM


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Originally posted by doinker:
all i can say to that post...is: lots and lots of big words.. but i understood it... lol... my comment is this: i do not post to fancy anyones mindset on any topic in review; i do like to say this :
LAUGHING MY HEAD OFF!
i have really got to get myself some new boxing gloves.. and fancy a drink of ale...lol..these post are better than watching donald duck run into a wall he has already spied before he decided to run into it.
by the wayward soul...btw...ya'll scare me !
have a good day... ahhh entertainment at its best..evolution vs. creationism.. lol. to string this topic on and on to aphelion is beyond me.. someone tell me what is to gain with this childish bickering.. please post soon ..sheesh.

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You sound like Don King with dyslexia..to bad there is no known cure for your Tourette Syndrome.

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