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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:16:37 EST, "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmail com>
wrote:
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>I'd say being a good person this days is already out-of-ordinary. But I was
>thinking more about enlightned people, like many famous scientists, artists,
>heroes and religious leaders...
I fear for the society that you live in then. And why should being a
famous scientist make you good? As for artists well history is full of
them being castigated for their views and I won't give my view on most
of the religious leaders around.
>> Let people have something worthwhile to do and the means to do it and
>> they would be a lot happier and healthier.
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>Yes. But then, suppose in some near future we reach an utopia where death and
>disease have been abolished, useful work is done by robots and all we do in our
>free time is entertain ourselves with little hobbies, sex and some sort of TV.
>I wonder how much pleasure we'd take out of this kind of life rather than our
>ancestral struggle to survive.
Wake me up when it happens
>But then, supposedly heaven/nirvana is like that. Only no sex, I guess...
Why no sex? Christianity is not the only religion but it has
sanctified a lot of the old ones.
>> >I don't force God down the throats of anyone, do I?
>>
>> Small gods refers to the diminishing power of schisms in religion. And
>> no I don't think you do, do you?
>
>No. And God bless you! :)
Is that the same God that will condemn me to everlasting Hell because
I don't believe He/She exists?
And BTW I am blessed IMO.
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Regards
Stephen
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