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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Evidences for Religion (reposting)
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Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 08:11:17 EDT
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>>This is not just an assertion on Rich's part. There is empirical evidence
>>demonstrating the desirability of freedom, and the desirability of
>>increasing one's chances of survival. Look at any region of the world where
>>refugees are; They are fleeing totalitarian societies, famine, and
>>war. This fact is all that is needed to justify Rich's point of view, and
>>consequently show that freedom etc is of some value.
>>Padraig Houlahan.

> Only if you justify the value of survival.
> Paul DuBois     {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois        --+--

But we already DID that.  We value survival because we like surviving!
Remember that statement you called "pro-found"?  So "obvious"?  Is the
obvious out of your mental reach?  Or do you mean something more when
you ask for "justification" of the value of survival?  Justify it to
whom?  To what?  To some external that YOU value?  That you can prove
the existence of?  If not, what more justification is necessary???????
Except to you...
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Providing the mininum daily adult requirement of sacrilege...
				Rich Rosen 	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr