"Nilotic" <mns_uk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I learnt everything I needed to know about god, religion, politics and
law
>from Robert A Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land when I was 14 and
>despite education, a degree and an inquisitive mind, never found a need
to
>change my opinion
>
>
Well, I can sure as hell grok that!!
> "SanFrancisco2019" <ryan-tofu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> "POD {Ò¿Ó}" <DONT.EVEN.TRY.IT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9A791986EC6CBWeLovePOD@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> I even drew similarities with religion. Like finding God, we will
never
>>> be able to draw a line under everything and say that's it, that is
what
>>> it all means, that is the answer to Life the Universe and everything,
>>> this is what God is... So you are either a member of the church of
>>> Blade Runner, or you're not.
>>>
>>> Either way, I don't think he'll ask me anything else about it ;-)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thank you kindly
>>>
>>> POD {Ò¿Ó}
>>
>> That's a damn shame, that last sentence. I've been best friends
with
>> a guy for over 20 years, and usually when we reach an impasse on some
>> heavy issue it's because I'm an atheist and argue against the existence
>> of god because god cannot exist and allow all these atrocities to occur
>> in god's name. My pal, an Episcopalian, argues for the existence of
god
>> and chalks up the atrocities to the divine gift of free will.
>> Hell, maybe that explains why Deckard falls for Rachel.
>> Happily enough, though, my best pal "gets" Blade Runner, or at least
>> he's faking it really well.
>>
>> DR
>>
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