From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 9 12:29:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B2737B400; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 12:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org [64.239.180.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9760443E65; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 12:29:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g89JTi133549; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 12:29:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org) Message-Id: <200209091929.g89JTi133549@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Neal E. Westfall" Cc: Juli Mallett , Joshua Lee , tlambert2@mindspring.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 12:29:39 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Neal E Westfall writes: > On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Dave Hayes wrote: >> Neal E Westfall writes: >> > There is a place for a sense of humor, of course. But I like to keep >> > a distinction between having a sense of humor and trivializing life. >> >> Unfortunately, our life -is- trivial. To think otherwise extends the >> ego beyond the bounds of where we can usefully interact with God. ;) > > If you actually believed that you would stop trying to convince people > that life is trivial. What is this assumption that, if I say something in a debate, I am trying to convince people of it? Can't we just be arguing to express our worldview? > If life is trivial why should you care that I don't think life is > trivial? I don't care, really. ;) ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< Nasrudin, starving with hunger, went to a cafe and began filling his mouth with food using both hands. "Why eat with two hands, Mulla?" "Because I haven't got three." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message