XPost: alt.philosophy, alt.agnosticism, talk.atheism   
   XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: prohumanist@gr8mail.com   
      
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   As for what is 'thank'able or 'blame'able   
   in actuality, the totality of each individual   
   includes   
      
     o the present results of evolution, a fas-   
        cinating consequence of the past, the   
        processes of change, the ramifica-   
        tions of a non-constant environment,   
        and naturalistic forces at work within   
        the vast expanse of all that we are but   
        a tiny part of,   
      
     o genetic constructs, principle players   
        there being our parents and all ancestors   
        prior thereto,   
      
     o the environment each individual exists   
        within and has existed within, very little   
        of which each individual has much of   
        any control over, most often, for the   
        most part, although humans typically   
        perceive much more control than that   
        which is present, and   
      
     o every iota of stimuli provided to each   
        individual, including books, magazines,   
        newspapers, websites, other individuals,   
        newsgroup posts, life experiences,   
        chemicals, air, water, food, dreams,   
        subconscious brain activity, and other   
        natural forces/experiences, oft-times   
        including all sorts of magic being stories   
        & claims & threats -- many of which are   
        presented, all-too-often, as 'realities',   
        others presented as 'fairy tales', 'myths',   
        & 'fictions'.   
      
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   Each moment, a succession, a product   
   of countless previous moments by count-   
   less beings, processes, and events which   
   once were, all of which is a part of a con-   
   tinuum.   
      
   Each of us impacts others, oft-times much   
   more than each of us realizes. Each of us   
   is impacted by others.   
      
   Each of us results from all mentioned above,   
   in the constant now, for as long as we exist   
   as distinct and identifiable parts of the all,   
   whether in life, or in memories after our pass-   
   ing. Then again, of course, typically, as time   
   passes, memories fade, and most people   
   & events are most often forgotten.   
      
   Unfortunately, when ultimate considerations   
   are pondered, myths become mountains   
   sometimes harmful to human progress &   
   welfare, and verity gets lost in the vast   
   expanse of all that ever was, all that is,   
   all that ever will be ...   
      
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