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Post #290,213 by ubernostrum 8/2/07 8:19:25 PM Reply	Indeed. We know from experience with humans that entities of relatively higher intelligence are never interested in entities of apparently relatively lower intelligence; that's why no-one's ever tried to carry out any sort of studies of animals or plants or bacteria or... --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird?
Post #290,218 by Ashton 8/2/07 8:46:33 PM Reply	Reddish herring, I wot - It's not about curiosity (the lowest form of Interest?) OK OK, I suppose.. look far enough and there IS a person who cares about the little dragon-looking denizens who inhabit eyebrow hairs (Book: "Life on Man") We (say we) 'Love' our pets. And there are endless tales from antiquity - suggesting not only that We Do - but, which document that there are occasional events of unarguable reciprocity, eg The (UK) dog who spent rest of his life mourning, atop grave of master, fed by locals, etc. So, when we invent our Gods - we naturally extrapolate from (the closest we ever get to?) authentic-Experience of the ineffable. We Hope that they Like their little iggerant buggers, too. (Little 'Hope' required, actually: we design-in the feature set, in committees.) Still no excuse for the warped Puritan self-flagellation mindset, of course - one sees that there are Microsoft-grade religions, too.. Lots of buggers will buy-in to about anything offered by a sufficiently set-jawed Authority, possessed of a nicely type-set manual - we see.
Post #290,222 by Andrew Grygus 8/2/07 9:12:00 PM Reply	Further, we are composed entirely of . . . . . tiny animals and plants, zillions of 'em, with a few minerals tossed in. Is it not possible that we are part of something larger in a manner that's difficult to comprehend - just as we are to they? Is it unreasonable to be open to this possibility and try to explore this? Might not such an entity be somewhat concerned about us little buggers, just as we are (or ought to be) concerned about the welfare of the components (plants and animals) of which we are made? Might we better stay out of trouble if we understood a little of what was going on? These are open questions. On the other hand, I consider the simplistic God concepts of the organized religions, particularly of the "Three Revealed Religions", to be naught but tools of authoritarianism - counterproductive to determining our actual place in reality. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #290,226 by Ashton 8/2/07 10:36:21 PM Reply	Awomen to that last..
Post #290,241 by mmoffitt 8/3/07 10:00:35 AM Reply	Ibid. bcnu, Mikem Microsoft Vista. The best reason ever to buy a Mac.

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