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   brian fletcher to Uncle Vic   
   Re: Immortality, a non-religious approac   
   10 Jan 08 06:50:31   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy, alt.atheism, alt.agnosticism   
   From: brianf88@bigpond.net.au   
      
   "Uncle Vic"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9A20D46C9D963vicman@207.115.33.102...   
   > One fine day in alt.atheism, "Mark Earnest"  bloodied   
   > us up with this:   
   >   
   >> We are talking living together forever here.   
   >   
   > I'll agree only if "forever" spans the time our species has and will   
   > exist,   
   > and is reached through passing on our DNA to future generations.  One   
   > person does not live forever.   
   >   
   >> With much emphasis on "together..."   
   >   
   > Right, as in "we're all in this together".   
   >   
   >> How would it be conceivably possible to survive forever and ever...   
   >> ...considering all the creating it would require...   
   >> ...without an infinite and good Creator somehow running the entire show?   
   >   
   > Sorry, your question cannot be answered.  You've used up your share of   
   > dots.   
   >   
   >> Let alone trying to explain how to live with our enemies, forever.   
   >   
   > Let's just worry about doing that during our normal lifetimes.   
   >   
      
   Atheism is to do with ones perception/belief regarding God.   
      
   Life and all its nuances and manifestations, including the 'ongoing nature'   
   (immortality) of an individual has been hijacked by the religionists over   
   the years, but has nothing whatever to do with such reality.Nor has atheism.   
      
   BOfL   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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