From b.gohla@gmx.de Wed Oct 17 11:45:21 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: b.gohla@gmx.de X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 17 Oct 2001 18:45:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 53462 invoked from network); 17 Oct 2001 18:45:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.223 with QMQP; 17 Oct 2001 18:45:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.gmx.net) (213.165.64.20) by mta1 with SMTP; 17 Oct 2001 18:45:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 6214 invoked by uid 0); 17 Oct 2001 18:45:19 -0000 Received: from a8e12.pppool.de (HELO linux) (213.6.142.18) by mail.gmx.net (mp004-rz3) with SMTP; 17 Oct 2001 18:45:19 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Reply-To: b.gohla@gmx.de To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] if lojban is logical, why are we doing the Bible? Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 20:50:08 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <9qj8ik+hf5u@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <9qj8ik+hf5u@eGroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01101720500800.01310@linux> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: =?utf-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gohla?= X-Yahoo-Profile: badbirdde -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 17 October 2001 08:30, thinkit8@lycos.com wrote: > the Bible is a great source of irrationality today. from gay bashers > to creationists, i see it breed a lot of mob think and illogical > beliefs. lojban being a language for intelligent and logical people, > i would hope most or all of the users are atheist. the only reason i > see to translate the Bible is the great wealth of other languages it > has been translated into for comparison. but i suppose it > appropriate that Alice in Wonderland and the Bible are the first > major projects--both are fairy tales. religious belief is no more rational or irrational than atheist scientism. = i=20 would consider it rather unintelligent to hold religion in low esteem. ther= e=20 has to be a reason that the largest part of the world population attaches t= o=20 some creed or another. you err if you think there is no truth beyond scienc= e. some excellent reading on this subject that i just can not forgo to mention= =20 is "Does God Exist?" by Hans K=C3=BCng, nothing for the faint heated ;) . =20 - --=20 - -------------------- Paranoid schizophrenics outnumber their enemies at least two to one. pub 1024D/834F4976 2001-01-07 Bj=C3=B6rn Gohla (Wissenschaftler, Weltb=C3= =BCrger)=20 Key fingerprint =3D 9FF4 FEDA CCDF DA0E 14D5 8129 6C14 3C39 834F 4976 sub 1024g/29571FE2 2001-01-07 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7zdLkbBQ8OYNPSXYRAvNPAKC/4q1PSbX2fomeXAlvpH2npwL8JACfSE6r 7IHdvFJv9HxrthLjLOh9gp8=3D =3DJ90G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----