On Mar 18, 1:16=A0pm, kT <cos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 11:43 pm, Hugh Gibbons <hugh_gibb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <6f70f2ce-6792-462f-92cc-667371de4...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
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> > =A0kT <cos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > Sure we can, science tells us clearly that the 'informed' rituals of
> > > religion have no basis in reality. You can chant all you want, but
> > > unless you gain the attention of some super intelligent benevolent
> > > aliens, you ain't gettin ****.
>
> > Saying a ritual has no basis in reality is nonsense. =A0Ritual is
> > reality. =A0What might or might not have a basis is the belief that is
> > associated with the ritual
>
> Sure, and your belief is your reality as well. My belief happens to be
> in scientific methods, for very good reasons, too many to list here
> now.
>
> That doesn't make your reality the real reality, which can only be
> discerned by scientific methods, which can be tested for veracity by
> the results they allow you to obtain. Those results can be wrong
> results as well as real repeatable and verifiable results, it's up to
> you.
>
> But hey, whatever works for you. Good luck with fabricating your
> reality based on unfounded ritual. We all know where that gets us, and
> you just have to trust me that the results aren't pretty.
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