Re: [Fwd: Religion is the opiate of masses. Just say "no" to drugs]

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    On 29 Mar 2001, at 16:59, Robin Faichney wrote:

    > On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 08:52:39AM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
    > > On 03/29/01 07:09, Robin Faichney said this-
    > >
    > > >Memetics is the opiate of the anti-religionists.
    > >
    > > More like an adopted marketing vehicle.
    >
    > A marketing vehicle that dulls the intellect?
    >
    > Of course, it might have been dull to being with...
    >
    Actually, I find religious explanations of the universe to be infinitely
    more dull, dense, obtuse, simplistic, vapid, vacuous and insipid
    than the picture gleaned by science from the available evidence.
    > --
    > Robin Faichney
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    > (CAUTION: contains philosophy, may cause heads to spin)
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