To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/11/22 12:24
Subject: Re: [K-list] If There Is A God...
From: Martin Thompson
On 1999/11/22 12:24, Martin Thompson posted thus to the K-list:
12:57:37 Mon, 22 Nov 1999
at PokimontazATnospamaol.com writes:
>In a message dated 11/22/99 10:21:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>martinATnospamtucana.demon.co.uk writes:
>
><< My feeling is that we
> can't afford to be complacent, because the danger may be real: being
> dependent upon only one ecosphere is foolhardy if we can spread the
> risk. >>
>
>
>We were born to be dependent on this ecosphere. we breathe oxygen and can't
>use methane and ammonia for our living. If we have to go manipulating other
>atmoshpehes then we shouldnt be there in the first place.
We don't all live on the African savannah where we belong do we?
> And what if we do
>find other organisms that inhabit those planets are we going to destroy them
>because of our greediness?
>
Yes. That is inevitable. Natural selection. Them or us, anyway. This
Universe has only a little symbiosis in it. Mostly it seems to favour a
more brutal approach.
><<<<<> And according to
>>most religions isn't suicide a sure way to hell, or the equivalent of?
>
>I hadn't thought of that (because I have no intention of doing any such
>thing). Well, the religious will just have to live forever or die in the
>normal way. Personally, I'm curious to see how things will turn out in
>the long run. The Universe seems to have some 30 billion years or more
>to live. Plus, there may be other Universes too.>>>>>>
>
>Remeber you said that we al live forever and there is no death....so the
>religious will never die uness they are murdered. And if we could actually
>live forever murder and war would be on the rise as various powers fought for
>land and resources. Nonrenewable souces such as oil and coal would be
>depleted very quickly because so many people would use them so quickly. And
>of course the technologically optimistic will argue in a pseudo-utopia that
>will exist in a few years.
I argue for the technological pseudo-utopia. There is no shortage of
resources. We have used less than 1 billionth of the Earth's available
energy. There is a whole Universe (at least) full of available
resources. Why would we want to remain stuck on one little planet?
--
Martin Thompson martinATnospamtucana.demon.co.uk
London, UK
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