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Old 06-06-2007, 05:16 PM   #219
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[citing Steven Asma]"...It is sad to imagine what kind of attitude people will have toward science and the empirical study of nature when they have been raised to believe that such studies cause nihilism and immorality. I guess the dinosaurs really are on the ark with us. Let's hope they're vegetarian after all."
That says it all right there, doesn't it? The fear of hell and damnation—which is really no different at all than an irrational fear of God—can cause people some asinine delusions...Stop thinking. Lest God hate you for it.
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