XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 11:35:25 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > Rational materialism of Western Science  IS ultimately *religion*. Its   
   > based on an unwarranted assumption about the nature of ourselves, and   
   > the world, that we adhere to ultimately  because, as Richard Dawkins   
   > said 'It works, bitches'.   
      
   Dawkins is fun. I forget which book it was when he was addressing some of   
   the issues raised by the creationists. He started with 'That's an   
   interesting question illustrated by....' and launched into a 20 page   
   anecdote. As far as I could tell he never did get around to addressing the   
   question, hoping the reader had forgotten about it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)