In article <378fe27d.0 at ecn.ab.ca>,
czar at ecn.ab.ca () wrote:
> Jeffrey P. Utz, M.D. (utzj at auhs.edu) wrote:
>> : Interestingly, people who live their lives based on their religious
> : beliefs, whether western religion, eastern religion, native American
> : religion, or atheism live longer and healthier than those who don't.
>> Atheism isn't a religion, idiot. And people with pets live longer,
> healthier lives than those without pets. So what does this tell us?
>> : This kind of argues that people should live their lives according to
> : their religion, whatever that is, doesn't it?
>> No, all it tells us is that having something that comforts you is
> beneficial. Hell, that's almost a tautology.
>> --
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> In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a
> degree that it would be perverse to withold provisional
> assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise
> tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time
> in physics classrooms.
> -Stephen Jay Gould
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>>Seems to me that atheists are as passionate in their beilef (or
unbelief) and as intolerant as any Christian, Muslem, or Buddist. I'm
sure part of the comfort you all get is that wonderful sense of
supiriority.
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