Saturday, February 02, 2002
"Promise a young man that death is not the end and he will willingly cause disaster" Richard Dawkins
Continuing my September 11th and religion opining here. I was just going to post a section of Richards Dawkin's article Religion's Misguided Missiles but to do so would not do it justice and by not reading the entire selection it may be misleading. Please read the complete article at the link above as it's well worth it. He describes how religion can make life worthless and by promising life after death can very well be a very dangerous idea indeed. I not too dumb to realize that the notion can also provide great comfort to those who require something to believe that this isn't all their is. That there's some great reward awaiting or some bliss resulting from suffering in this existence. My advice is kinda hooky and not really new ... live your life, be happy, be kind to those you know, this is all there is and for me, that's enough.
Continuing my September 11th and religion opining here. I was just going to post a section of Richards Dawkin's article Religion's Misguided Missiles but to do so would not do it justice and by not reading the entire selection it may be misleading. Please read the complete article at the link above as it's well worth it. He describes how religion can make life worthless and by promising life after death can very well be a very dangerous idea indeed. I not too dumb to realize that the notion can also provide great comfort to those who require something to believe that this isn't all their is. That there's some great reward awaiting or some bliss resulting from suffering in this existence. My advice is kinda hooky and not really new ... live your life, be happy, be kind to those you know, this is all there is and for me, that's enough.
