Dragaera

Damiano's Lute

Wed Nov 27 16:22:29 PST 2002

At 07:40 PM 11/26/2002 -0500, Mark A Mandel wrote:
>On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Steven Brust wrote:
>
>#Man's religious beliefs have changed over the millennia.  In my opinion, an
>#examination of these changes would lead to the conclusion that the gods
>#have been shrinking.  Those areas where the supernatural is required for
>#understanding have gotten smaller and smaller.  The idea that they might
>#vanish entirely in the not-to-distant future doesn't seem farfetched to me.
>
>Let's not make the mistake of judging universally by the sample most
>familiar to us. I don't think the overall level of religious belief in
>the world is anywhere near as low as the level among my friends and
>acquaintances.

Both of the above sentences are true.  Neither denies my claim, to which I 
still hold.