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_TKO_
02-03-2006, 04:34 PM
I thought this quote was interesting enough to deserve it's own thread.

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When science has evolved enough to keep humans alive forever, religions as we know them will be history.

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--soon2bepro (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=4628603&an=0&page=0#Post 4628603)
Rduke55
02-03-2006, 04:42 PM
There's no way humans will ever be kept alive forever.
_TKO_
02-03-2006, 04:45 PM
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There's no way humans will ever be kept alive forever.

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Depends how you define "alive".
Rduke55
02-03-2006, 04:46 PM
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There's no way humans will ever be kept alive forever.

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Depends how you define "alive".

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Not dead?
Matt R.
02-03-2006, 04:47 PM
Uh oh, time to bust out your notes from freshman philosophy class...
Rduke55
02-03-2006, 04:50 PM
yeah I should probably nip this one in the bud.
I know alive is more than "not dead"
I was joking.
Matt R.
02-03-2006, 04:52 PM
I was joking too. It was out of fear for where this thread is headed /images/graemlins/grin.gif.
Rduke55
02-03-2006, 04:52 PM
I know, that's why I did it too.
_TKO_
02-03-2006, 05:34 PM
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I was joking too. It was out of fear for where this thread is headed /images/graemlins/grin.gif.

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Ok, based on the assumption that humans can live forever (ignoring overpopulation and other such issues), why would this eliminate the need for religion?
Rduke55
02-03-2006, 05:36 PM
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I was joking too. It was out of fear for where this thread is headed /images/graemlins/grin.gif.

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Ok, based on the assumption that humans can live forever (ignoring overpopulation and other such issues), why would this eliminate the need for religion?

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Several people (including Kurzweil I think - who we are talking about in another thread) believe that religions are basically for handling and preparing for death. No death = no need for religion.
_TKO_
02-03-2006, 05:45 PM
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No death = no need for religion.

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What about creationism?
Rduke55
02-03-2006, 05:48 PM
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No death = no need for religion.

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What about creationism?

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I don't know. It's not my thinking. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
soon2bepro
02-03-2006, 06:29 PM
What about creationism. It's a senseless faith-based, proof-lacking, antiscientific, antirational belief impulsed mostly by the fear of death and the need of the promise of a never-ending existence.
Marko Schmarko
02-03-2006, 08:50 PM
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creationism

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impulsed mostly by the fear of death and the need of the promise of a never-ending existence.

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I don't get it.
behemoth2006
02-03-2006, 09:25 PM
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creationism

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impulsed mostly by the fear of death and the need of the promise of a never-ending existence.

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I don't get it.

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I would assume it's because creationism necessitates a supreme being, who they use as a crutch to deal with death?
soon2bepro
02-03-2006, 10:20 PM
Not precisely. Creationism is a desperate cry for everything in the universe to have been made with an ultimate purpose; having us as it's center. If the universe was created with such a purpose, then the idea of an eternal life becomes much more likely.
behemoth2006
02-03-2006, 11:15 PM
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Not precisely. Creationism is a desperate cry for everything in the universe to have been made with an ultimate purpose; having us as it's center. If the universe was created with such a purpose, then the idea of an eternal life becomes much more likely.

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Same ends as my argument, different means. You said it much better. BTW is that the flying spaghetti god thing in your avvy?
soon2bepro
02-03-2006, 11:53 PM
yup. type the adress that appears below it to learn more about the FSM =) www.venganza.org (http://www.venganza.org)