OT rant. Was: Re: *Friend, I am sending you some Worship Songs... *

[Steven Susbauer]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:43:43 -0500
> Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 5:19 PM, adebayo<ade4krist at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Friend,
>> Hiya there my BFF!
>>
>> "Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving
>> its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the
>> non-existence of Zeus or Thor — but they have few followers now. "
>>
>> --Arthur C. Clarke
>>
>> "Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu,
>> Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the religion
>> which Chance has given you has contributed to your peace of mind (and
>> often, as Western medical science now reluctantly admits, to your
>> physical well-being). Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy,
>> than sane and un-happy. But it is the best of all to be sane and
>> happy. Whether our descendants can achieve that goal will be the
>> greatest challenge of the future. Indeed, it may well decide whether
>> we have any future."
>>
>> --Arthur C. Clarke
>>
>> Sane and fairly happy,
>> Chris
>>
> I'd just like to add:
> If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we
> can solve them.
>    Isaac Asimov
> 
> and:
> Faith:  not *wanting* to know what is true.
>    Friedrich Nietzsche
> 
> <hoping I won't get 'moderated'>
> 
> Cybe R. Wizard -at least I marked this, "off-topic."

Lets respond to spam with attempts to offend anyone on the list who may
be part of some religion? What a great idea!

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