At 10:08 AM -0600 11/28/02, Mia McDavid wrote: >Lydia asked: > >>Why do you find what you perceive to be DDB's beliefs to be repellant? > >Ummm, lessee. He believes that there is no God. My life revolves >around my belief in God; I would be crushed if God's non-existence >could be somehow proven. This makes no sense to me. Are you saying that if God didn't exist, you wouldn't want to know? You'd rather continue believing in something that wasn't true? If it were possible to prove God's non-existence, it would be possible to prove his existence, and may the best theory win. > >He thinks my belief in God is a personality disorder and wants to >cure me. Gee. Thanks. I think he goes a bit far, here, but I've known an awful lot of people for whom religion clearly was an expression of mental disorder or dysfunction. My whole family, just for starters. > >That do ya? > It's a good start. -- Lydy Nickerson lydy at demesne.com lydy at lydy.com Dulciculi Aliquorum