[rec.arts.sf.fandom] Re: Do cats go to heaven?
Timothy A. McDaniel
From: p...@panix.com (P Nielsen Hayden)
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On 8 Aug 2000 04:28:06 GMT,
Mitch Wagner <mit...@sff.net> wrote:
>On a related note: I was listening to NPR the other day - I caught the tail
>end of the show, but I got the impression that it was about a recent
>medical breakthrough expected to lead to cloning individual organs. The
>talk show host asked whether recent medical breakthroughs could lead to
>people living 150 years or more. One of the doctors on the panel said,
>well, yes, but that might not be such a good idea due to philosophical
>considerations.
>
>The host did not pursue that line of discussion, which I consider to be a
>pity, because I would've called in and offered the following reasoned,
>philosophical response: "Fuck that shit." I have no desire to live out my
>threescore years and ten and then get out of the way for the good of the
>species; I want to live, like, forever, in perfect health and youth.
I think it was Woody Allen who said "Some people hope to achieve immortality
through their children or their works. I plan to achieve immortality by not
dying."
Personally, I've been hearing all my life about the Serious Philosophical
Issues posed by life extension, and my attitude has always been that I'm
willing to grapple with those issues for as many centuries as it takes.
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Michael R Weholt wrote:
>
> Sorry, I never paid attention in Sunday School.
>
> OK, so the Father is God, right? And Jesus is the Son, right?
>
> So who the hell is this Holy Ghost character
He's the wacky next-door neighbor, of course.
> and how the hell does he pay the rent?
He's a dentist. Of course.
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In article <bdaverin-66E033...@news3.newscene.com>, Brenda
Daverin <bdav...@best.com> wrote:
> In article <8lole5$4...@netaxs.com>, na...@unix3.netaxs.com (Nancy
> Lebovitz) wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, this has caused me to wonder whether there will
> > be bad art in Heaven. I can see strong arguments for either
> > possibility.
>
> My hypothesis, using this as a springboard while not touching on my
> opinions on what kind of afterlife I'm headed for: There will be art
> in heaven that someone there would think of as bad, but the only
> people who will see a given piece of art are the ones who will think
> it is good. The way I see it, that'd be the kindest way to run that
> particular railroad.
"Don't trip over that sculpture!"
"What scuplt-" crash, bang.
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On 29 Jul 2000 08:26:11 GMT, gold...@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (David
Goldfarb) wrote:
>In article <39828CF7...@my-deja.com>,
>John Kensmark <kens...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>>To us, it's a paradox. To an omnipotent being, there *are* no
>>paradoxes. So many theological conundra vanish once you take this
>>into account. Just because we imperfect beings can't figure out how
>>an omnipotent being would solve a problem doesn't mean that the
>>omnipotent being can't solve the problem.
>
>The problem with that is, that it destroys the usual solution
>to the Problem of Evil. Evil (so we are told) must exist because
>without evil there can be no free will. But a god who can surmount
>logic should be able to negate free will without negating free will.
>So why doesn't he?
Now come on, David, you know you only qualify for the no-prize if you
can come up with an explanation that reconciles apparent
contradictions and so helps prop up the whole ricketty continuity 'til
the next time.
Oh wait, this isn't the Marvel comics newsgroup, is it?