John Mikes wrote:
>I did not follow this thread, because immortality is a nono for my mostly
>common sense thinking: who wants to 'in eternity' wake up with arthritic
>pains and struggle with failing memory? Or is immortality understood for an
>earlier (perfect? when is it?) stage of life, let us say when we get an
>ugly
>divorce, or in miltary service? why not as a fetus? is the 'rest of the
>world' similarly immortal (fetus? or Alzheimer?) and if I like something, I
>know it will go away for sure... So: I am not for immortality.
This is an example of the type of argument used by religious people in
reverse, who stop me in the street and say: "But wouldn't it be wonderful if
you could look forward to eternal life in Heaven? If you're an atheist, all
you have to look forward to is being eaten by worms!" Well, yes, I might
agree that Heaven would be wonderful, but whether I would like something to
be true or not has no bearing whatsoever on whether in fact it *is* true.
--Stathis Papaioannou
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Received on Sun Apr 17 2005 - 21:32:11 PDT