Re: virus: Re: Thinking clearly about faith

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 20:18:27 -0800

Jake wrote:

>I am here for intelligent discussion.

That's great! So'm I.

>Any time he wants to actually discuss faith in a conceptual/cultural
fashion,
>I am more than ready and capable to cut the crap. Assuming that I am still
>around to do so.

I've tried to bring up the subject of the bio-chemical processes that might lead to religous experience in the brain, and I've questioned their role in the creation of culture twice now recently, but no one was interested in responding. Pot-shots, however, always prompt a quick reply.

If you look at this list as a dynamic system and replies as part of the feedback loop, which technique would you adopt to best effect the system? And why?

-Prof. Tim