Subj : Re: "Hams to the Rescue After Katrina" MSNBC News Article
To   : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.dx,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.policy
From : Cecil Moore
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 03:07:25

From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf

Zoran Brlecic wrote:
> 2. I don't see any straws in my arguments and atheism is a default
> state. Children have to be indoctrinated in order to become theists.

The straw is that there seems to be something in human nature that
needs to believe in a higher power. Myths and religion wouldn't
exist unless they fulfilled some need. One reason that we are more
successful than our ape cousins is that we can control the bullies
in our society. Religion helps to accomplish that control.
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73, Cecil  http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

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