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    Quote Originally Posted by ArmchairGeneral
    Just curious, have you looked at the realms of high energy physics, chaos theory, or genetics lately? If you ask me, what we're constantly learning is mainly how much we truly do not understand about the world.
    I have every expectation that the pursuit of knowledge will be endless, it's about the journey, not the destination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by parihaka
    I have every expectation that the pursuit of knowledge will be endless, it's about the journey, not the destination.
    Given enough time, we will figure out all there is to know about this universe. Then we will be able to create another universe, with different physical laws, and explore that one too.
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    Ever read Isaac Asimov's short story, The Last Question? "And the Cosmic AC said, let there be light, and there was light..."
    I enjoy being wrong too much to change my mind.

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    Evidently u are the type of person who will not let people live thier own way... that is why you want to have force, so that you could force yourself upon us and our way.

    I take it you won't support selective sharia. A moslem and a non-moslem together rob a bank. As per sharia, moslem is made shorter by his head(and not eligible for prison sentence under common law), but non-moslem gets just prison sentence. Sounds like a plan! Lets do it!





    Religion is exactly like skin colour or gender, the human is more than it's physical being it's a mental and spiritual being too. Why should I change what i beleive, because those who do not understand it are biased against it?

    Agreed, moslems are mental beings.




    If you where the manager of a bar where the majoirty of people who visited where BNP, yoy would choose not to hire a black man as your bar tender, you might also choose not to hire a white muslim as your bar tender. If it was found that you didn't hite the black man you could be sued, it was illegal, currently not to hire someone because they are muslim is hard to put into a lawsuit.

    Currently its difficult to cut off a theiving moslem's hands as well, as it is hard to put into non-existant sharia and current secular laws.
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    Value to Mankind

    Far as I can tell, what is valuable to Mankind is anything that enhances mankind's, and my-kind's, chances of survival.

    So- what does "Holiness" have to do with survival?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Obsidian_Masque
    Far as I can tell, what is valuable to Mankind is anything that enhances mankind's, and my-kind's, chances of survival.

    So- what does "Holiness" have to do with survival?
    well... everytime people can't find the answer to something, they bring "holiness" and "god" into the picture...

    and also, believeing in god has it's very own advantages... for example... everytime someone is put in a tough situation in which one needs confidence and conforting, the idea of god helps us relieve a whole lot of tension, even if god is just a creation of the human mind... i'm not saying it is but i'm also not saying it's not... no one knows... BUT nevertheless, "god" gives us a good kick everytime we're down....
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