--- Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: > > Why do we love each > >other in the abscense of children? > > I'm not sure what this means. Well, I've heard from some people that "love" is an evolutionary survivial mechanism to insure parental bonding, which in turn helps progeny to survive. > > >Why are prayers > >answered? > > Because many of us are skilled at lying to > ourselves. > Well, I guess there is no way to "prove" prayers are answered. hmpfh. I guess you would not agree with the phrase "Co-incidence is God's way of remaining anonymous?" :) > > > >I am arguing, I guess, that things can change > without > >becoming "unrecognizable". > > Uh...I don't think anyone has disputed that. I was > arguing for the > Incredible Shrinking God. I don't think you can > find anything in the last > few hundred years og Buddhist or Hindu teachings to > dispute that. I mean, > the Hindu's are even getting away from the *caste* > system, which was > decreed by the gods in the first place. > Ok, well then we are arguing over different things. I was arguing that "religion" was not shrinking, and thus it made sense that it would exist in the far future, as opposed to "God" shrinking. Andrew