From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 9 14:34: 1 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 DADA837B400; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:33:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from directvinternet.com (dsl-65-185-140-165.telocity.com [65.185.140.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C2843E3B; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:33:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nwestfal@directvinternet.com) Received: from Tolstoy.home.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by directvinternet.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g89LXvGd059216; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:33:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nwestfal@directvinternet.com) Received: from localhost (nwestfal@localhost) by Tolstoy.home.lan (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with ESMTP id g89LXv1x059213; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:33:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Tolstoy.home.lan: nwestfal owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:33:57 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neal E. Westfall" X-X-Sender: nwestfal@Tolstoy.home.lan To: Dave Hayes Cc: Juli Mallett , Joshua Lee , , Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? In-Reply-To: <200209092111.g89LBO134602@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> Message-ID: <20020909143253.G1838-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Dave Hayes wrote: > Neal E Westfall writes: > > On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Dave Hayes wrote: > >> 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? > > > > Why? > > Why not? > > >> > If life is trivial why should you care that I don't think life is > >> > trivial? > >> > >> I don't care, really. ;) > > > > Apparently you do! 8-) > > So you presume. ;) You certainly care enough to argue the point! You seem to be quite serious in your devotion to irrationality. 8-) Neal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message