Re: Peterson's Death Sentence

From: Noah Roberts (nroberts_at_dontemailme.com)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:35:17 -0800

Kevin Aylward wrote:
> Noah Roberts wrote:
>
>>John Woodgate wrote:
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>>>I read in sci.electronics.design that Noah Roberts
>>><nroberts@stmartin.edu> wrote (in
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>><1106683157.681825.208750@c13g2000cwb.
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>>>googlegroups.com>) about 'Peterson's Death Sentence', on Tue, 25 Jan
>>>2005:
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>>>>Kevin Aylward wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately,
>>>>>the ignorant peasants that invented god, knew sod all about maths.
>>>>
>>>>I have no problem with your argument until that.

BTW, because those people do not deserve your disrespect. The people
you are calling ignorant peasants lived long, hard, and often unrewarded
lives. Maybe they didn't know a whole lot, like how to read, write, or
do math; maybe they did. A lot of what cause their hardship was the way
they were treated by royalty...like ignorant peasants. That is a very
derogatory term.

I also object to you saying ignorant peasants invented god. It is not
ignorant to believe in god.

Third, in the fast wealth of knowledge in the universe, you are not much
smarter than them. And I guarantee they knew more about survival.

Finally, the history of religion does not support your assertation. The
peasants you speak of knew "sod all" about religion. They went to
church and listened to someone speak latin for a few hours. Then they
went back to work living...God was stolen and kept from them.

> ago are now known to be false. Why should the idea of a god be any
> different?

Are the laws of gravity still the same? I don't mean is our
understanding of them still the same...I mean does gravity do now what
it did then? Why should God's existance be any different?

Gravity exists and operates of its own accord no matter what our
understanding of it, or lack thereof. If God exists it is the same.

Has our understanding of God changed in that time? Why yes it certainly
has, for some of us. Where are the inquisitions? At least in this
culture and country we don't torture and burn people for heresy...yet
(though there are obviously those in both camps that would have it
back). I would say that is a step up, wouldn't you? Certainly more
important than the slight alterations to a formula for how fast
something hits the ground when you drop it?

So we have two forces that exist independantly of human interferance.
In both cases our understanding of them has changed. But we know a lot
more about gravity then we do God. God is a much bigger subject matter.

Sort like Chi, it exists or not whether it is believed in or
not...though it is more effectivly channeled and is effects better
understood if it is believed in.

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  • Re: Petersons Death Sentence
    ... they were treated by royalty...like ignorant peasants. ... I also object to you saying ignorant peasants invented god. ... Are the laws of gravity still the same? ... understanding of them still the same...I mean does gravity do now what ...
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  • Re: Petersons Death Sentence
    ... > I also object to you saying ignorant peasants invented god. ... > understanding of them still the same...I mean does gravity do now what ... Show me some bloody evidence that this so called god done anything. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Petersons Death Sentence
    ... > I also object to you saying ignorant peasants invented god. ... > understanding of them still the same...I mean does gravity do now what ... Show me some bloody evidence that this so called god done anything. ...
    (comp.os.linux.networking)