Frosty skrev:

What makes man choose to post to these newsgroups about his religion?


What's wrong with that? Religion can contain a notion of automation, it
offers help and repair (announces the offer at least, but sadly doesn't
always deliver), and has been seen to cause alarm on more than one
occasion.

Hence the choice of newsgroups, I guess ;;-)

I am not certain but it seems that the Egyptians of the days of the Pharaohs
were displaced by the Arabs of today. Thus the flags of Egypt, Syria, Iraq
are similar from the days of the U.A.R.

"Frank Olson" wrote in message
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dgk wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:32:53 -0500, NotX
wrote:

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:32:33 -0500, Frosty wrote:

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:46:23 -0500 in 24hoursupport.helpdesk NotX
, intended to write something intelligible, but
instead wrote :

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:17:10 -0500, Frosty wrote:

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:36:56 -0500 in 24hoursupport.helpdesk
realperson , intended to write something
intelligible, but instead wrote :

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:21:19 -0500, Frosty
wrote:


What makes man choose to post to these newsgroups about his
religion?
The same idiocy that allows him to HAVE a religion?
You're certainly entitled to your opinion.
I have a religion but I wouldn't dream of spamming newsgroups in an
attempt to push it down your throats.

I find I have very little problem with anyone having a religion as
compared to spewing BS everywhere you go. However, theistic religion
does tend to show a lack of reason, as in the fact there is NO
evidence to suggest the existence of any of these magical beings and
activities.
Again,
You are entitled to your opinion, but you're teetering very close to
the edge of calling ME an idiot!
Nothing of the sort.

Those who arrogantly assume that they are oh so smart because they
disbelieve what millions of generations before them believed;

I like the "millions of generations". Actually, let's think of each
generation as 25 years. That's pretty generous. So, us Jews supposedly
started the monotheistic genre of religion maybe 5000 to 6000 years
ago. Perhaps that's 200 or even 250 generations. Not millions.
Christians, that would be 80 generations. Muslims, well, do the math.

Actually the Egyptians also worshiped a single god (but only at one time
in their history - not counting Islam). Google Amenhotep IV who changed
his name to Akhenaten.

That would seem to be an odd place to put the shining light of creation.
Maybe we're not.

There is no effective way to demonstrate the origin of life on Earth as
having its genesis on Earth.
Considering the vast distances involved it would never be possible to visit
any other locations in a single human lifetime using normal chemical
propulsion means. If you used other methods not yet available you could make
the trip to a place that may be another site where life exists in your
lifetime, but the time for everyone else would remain constant. The shining
light then is what you make it to be.

"dgk" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:32:53 -0500, NotX
wrote:

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:32:33 -0500, Frosty wrote:

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:46:23 -0500 in 24hoursupport.helpdesk NotX
, intended to write something intelligible, but
instead wrote :

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:17:10 -0500, Frosty wrote:

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:36:56 -0500 in 24hoursupport.helpdesk
realperson , intended to write something
intelligible, but instead wrote :

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:21:19 -0500, Frosty wrote:



What makes man choose to post to these newsgroups about his
religion?

The same idiocy that allows him to HAVE a religion?

You're certainly entitled to your opinion.
I have a religion but I wouldn't dream of spamming newsgroups in an
attempt to push it down your throats.


I find I have very little problem with anyone having a religion as
compared to spewing BS everywhere you go. However, theistic religion
does tend to show a lack of reason, as in the fact there is NO
evidence to suggest the existence of any of these magical beings and
activities.

Again,
You are entitled to your opinion, but you're teetering very close to
the edge of calling ME an idiot!

Nothing of the sort.

Those who arrogantly assume that they are oh so smart because they
disbelieve what millions of generations before them believed;


I like the "millions of generations". Actually, let's think of each
generation as 25 years. That's pretty generous. So, us Jews supposedly
started the monotheistic genre of religion maybe 5000 to 6000 years
ago. Perhaps that's 200 or even 250 generations. Not millions.
Christians, that would be 80 generations. Muslims, well, do the math.

Almost all of those folks were pretty ignorant of the fact that the
earth is not the center of the universe, or the only thing in it. In
fact, we're the third rock from an extremely minor star in a remote
corner of a small galaxy. That would seem to be an odd place to put
the shining light of creation. Maybe we're not.