On 26/07/2014 23:38, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:13:39 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 26/07/2014 00:31, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 01:19:55 +0200, clipka wrote:
>>>
>>>> Actually, reading Stephen's posting more carefully: Maybe no. Germany
>>>> /has/ more churches than hospitals, but whether more /new/
>>>> churches are being built than hospitals is difficult to tell.
>>>
>>> Hmm, fair point.
>>>
>>> I think right now in the Seattle area, though, there aren't any new
>>> hospitals being built, but I'd be surprised if there weren't any new
>>> churches being built.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>> As you know it was also a metaphor.
>> Churches, hospitals. Apples, oranges.
>
> Well, yeah, but it's an interesting question as a non-metaphor.

True. But that is how we are distracted.

>
>
> I've reached the point of being an atheist with the point of view that
> "if there is a supernatural world, and a deity that judges you when you
> die, then if that deity's judgment is based not on you being a good
> person but based on how much you worshiped the deity without evidence -
> well, fuck 'em."
>

How childish and trivial for a supernatural being to put worship of them 
self above everything else. (Gives you real confidence in the afterlife.)

> I'd rather be a good person than waste my life worshiping something just
> to have a shot at beating Pascal's Wager.
>

Yes, I'll live by my conscience and let others play with those who have 
nothing else to do but think about the number of angels that can dance 
on the head of a needle.


On the other hand. The mythology opens up boundless opportunity for stories.

Have you read any of Charles Stross's Laundry series?

Where his protagonist is not the BOFH but the Sysop fighting the forces 
from Hell. Quite funny and the Tech bits don't jar.

>> Bitter! Moi?
>
> Nah, I'm not seeing you being bitter *at all* about it. ;)
>

But I am Jim. I am.


-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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