At 05:32 AM 5/20/99 -0700, Snow Leopard wrote:
>affected. Better to do nothing and feel like you’re doing something than to
>do nothing at all. If there’s no God, I haven’t lost anything. I’ve gained
>a peace-of-mind, and security concerning the afterlife. And if I’m wrong,
>when I die, I’ll meet some all-forgiving entity that’s open-minded and
>RATIONAL? Either way, I’m in good shape.
It is a grave mistake to think that there is no cost to believing a falsehood. A moment's thought will show that on average people that believe in an afterlife are less unwilling to die than those who don't. For example my cousin was willing to forego treatment for cancer last year because he believed it was God's will and he died at the age of 25.
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/