XPost: alt.philosophy, alt.atheism, alt.agnosticism   
   From: mikegray@newsguy.com   
      
   On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:50:31 GMT, "brian fletcher"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"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.   
      
   Save for having one less fiction in the road to that understanding.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)