24 Mar '09 21:32>
Originally posted by black beetleyes you are correct beetle in the evaluation of the things that you state, However zozos problem was that he had not put into practice the fine suggestions that you give. for example, he stated that he could make the world a better place, his solution, to rid those poor ignorant religionists of their delusions, when pressed on how this might make the world a better place, he states that taking away their hope will free up hospital wards and save money. this type of thinking fails on every level, for it is based on assumptions from the very beginning, and as you and I are aware, anything based on an assumption is destined to be 'scorched', in the ensuing debate. What amazed me the most, was this appeal to 'the God of science', that messianic savior of the new morality that has caused more ignorance and misery than it is possible to imagine.
But Rabbie my trusty feer,
Please forget not that Nazism and Stalinism are religions too. And everybody who follows blindly a doctrine is a religionist.
It seems to me that zozozozo says simply that the Human has to think all the time and that he has to evaluate everything on his own instead of following blindly a doctrine no matter of its origin. ...[text shortened]... uld gain if all that money was a global expenditure for the common wealth as zozozozo poses it😵
a wise old hermit used to live alone in the hills, formulating his sense of self and daily meditating on the wonders of science. after a while he left his home and descended into the valley, in order to impress upon the populace the merits of his new morality. he went to the market town and asked the people, 'what is science?', 'it is technology' some muttered, 'it is the equation energy equals mass times the speed of light squared', said others, 'its is the solution to our problems', said others, 'how so', the old hermit inquired? it has helped us to progress', to progress to what, asked the hermit, ' from the shackles of religion', 'now we are able to determine for ourselves our own path, we make our own destiny', 'what has been the result of this new found freedom', 'we are now able to deforest the planet at an even higher rate than ever before, we have depleted the fishing stocks, to a level in which they may never recover, not only that, we are facing unprecedented catastrophic flooding due to the adverse effects of greenhouse gases and the melting of Polar icecaps and a whole in the ozone that would fry your barbecue in seconds, 'its quite powerful', this god of science, 'oh yes, we are churning out more weapons than food at present, enough to destroy every man women and child many times over, 'have you nothing good to say, ? the hermit stepped out into the open, filled his lungs with air and boldly exclaimed at the top of his voice' Science is dead, I have killed it!'