snitsnat wrote:
>
> also curious what jeffrey thinks.. and a bit for ravi and yoshie on
> explaining the whole scientist/relig/asian thing.
>
> At 01:59 PM 6/14/2005, Carl Remick wrote:
> >>From: "Dennis Perrin" <dperrin at comcast.net>
> >>
> >>Personally, atheist disdain doesn't really bother me. I view it as a form
> >>of despair, esp when it's expressed through insults or, if one is feeling
> >>generous, condescension.
> >
> >How interesting. IMO, it's *religion* that is a form of despair
It's like this. Both Dennis & Carl seem nice fellows, quite intelligent. But they have their spells of being sheer jackasse, and they are here when they pretend to have the power to read minds at a distance.
Carrol