XPost: alt.books.stephen-king, alt.evil   
   From: laudenumspambot@bigpond.com   
      
   what a cool answer... I'm going to borrow that if you don't mind.   
   Tamara   
   --   
   The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation   
   to dinner without giving any excuse.   
   - Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)   
   "John Mann"  wrote in message   
   news:bn8ji0lb4fme7ofrckks8eman6m7n8vj4a@4ax.com...   
   > On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 02:35:35 GMT, "Tamara"   
   >   whipped out "The Mallet O'   
   > Understanding" and bashed *this* into my head:   
   >   
   > >   
   > >"BTR1701"  wrote in message   
   > >news:BTR1702-12893C.17015922082004@news.west.earthlink.net...   
   > >> In article <73640140.0408211239.1fde8388@posting.google.com>,   
   > >> mayaegg@hotmail.com (Harlan Osier) wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> > Stephen King is EVIL, he's the work of the devil, made to collect   
   your   
   > >> > souls and to turn you into brainless slaves of hell.   
   > >> >   
   > >> > If you like Stephen King, you will lose your soul to be damned   
   > >> > for eternal torment in hell.   
   > >>   
   > >> Prove that a soul even exists (or this devil person, for that matter)   
   > >> and I'll consider taking you seriously.   
   > >   
   > >My son and I were having this precise discussion last night. We had just   
   > >watched a re-run of the Simpsons' Episode where Bart sells his soul to   
   > >Millhouse.   
   > >   
   > >My son wanted to know what a soul is, why do we have it, and, most   
   > >importantly, where does it go when we die.   
   > >   
   > >Great topics for a lovely, prolonged conversation, ranging from standard   
   > >religious dogma, to agnostic, to buddist, sikkist, jewish, almost all the   
   > >religions I could think of (including The Family, the Orange people,   
   David   
   > >Koresh, Kali... lOOOONG list) upshot - IF the soul exists, then it's that   
   > >small electrical discharge actually measured by scientists when a person   
   > >dies.   
   > >   
   > >Of course, we could just quote from Douglas Adams and the non-existence   
   of   
   > >God, the babelfish and ummm that lovely phrase "QED and God disappeared   
   in a   
   > >puff of logic".   
   >   
   > Hrm.  When my then five year old niece asked this question of me   
   > twenty years ago, I just told her "well, it's like a battery that God   
   > puts in your body, except it never runs out; God takes the battery and   
   > puts it in a new body when you get too tired and worn out".  She   
   > paused and then said "oh; ok", and then went off to watch tv.   
   >   
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   > "Black shirted boys in the badlands   
   > play machine-gun rodeo;   
   > the downtown mission's packed too tight,   
   > with folks that got nowhere to go."   
   >   
   > --- David Baerwald, "River's Gonna Rise", 1986   
      
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