Re: A Letter to George Hammond, and all Christians for that matter.

From: Gwar (xeno_at_xor.qua)
Date: 06/12/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:38:22 -0700

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, George Hammond wrote:

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> "Gwar" <xeno@xor.qua> wrote in message
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> > On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, George Hammond wrote:
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> > >
> > > "Gwar" <xeno@xor.qua> wrote in message
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> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, George Hammond wrote:
> >
> > >>> If "all people are dead".... there ARE NO "other people".
> >
> > >> So what. The universe existed before there were people,
> >
> > > [Hammond]
> > > WRONG. "existence" is a property of the human mind.
> >
> >
> > Existence is a property of things external to the human mind.
>
> [Hammond]
> ABSOLUTELY WRONG. SHEER IGNORANCE.
>
> If all human minds died tomorrow morning,
> how would you "know, demonstrate, or prove"
> that the Universe still existed tomorrow night.
> Just answer the question please.

You admit that the universe is 15,000,000,000 years old; so you can't
claim that it is no older than 40,000 to fit your ridiculous theory, w/o
being in contradition. That's the basis of my statement above. I'm not
even trying to predict the future. You haven't demonstrated once that the
fate of the universe is tied with the fate of human beings. & you seem to
forget that we're still evolving.

>>>> Why don't you try writing porn novels? That
>>>> would be more lucrative & constructive.

>>> [Hammond]
>>> I'm overqualified.

>> Your apparent lack of humor is a drawback, but you can work on that.

> [Hammond]
> Here's laughing at you kid.

Laugh all you want, but you might as well laugh all the way to the bank
with a fat advance rather than being a martyr for a lost cause on social
security.

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