X-Message-Number: 17057
From: "John de Rivaz" <>
Subject: altruism and the letting in a car problem
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:25:59 +0100

If you listen to his excellent short speech about God and death
http://www.holisticornwall.co.uk/lr/antideath.mp3  (140k)

and are aware that
1. no one can be totally sure that there is no god
2. by definition you cannot *defeat* god (if it is defeatable then it is not
omnipotent)
3. nature in the raw knows nothing of kindness, mercy or altruism

then you may consider that god is unaware of altruism or kindness, and the
only way you may just change this is by example. Science has shown us that
the universe is totally cold and uncaring - studying the universe is the
only rational method of studying that the character of god may be like if
there is one.

Maybe that is what the universe is for - a computer simulation designed to
evolve traits of interaction or behaviour that are totally novel to its
creator(s)

--
Sincerely, John de Rivaz:      http://www.deRivaz.com
my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, music, Inventors'
report, an autobio and various other projects:
http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt
http://www.autopsychoice.com - http://www.cryonics-europe.org -
http://www.porthtowan.com

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