X-Message-Number: 26584
From: "John de Rivaz" <>
Subject: Suing about God: Who Mourns for Adonis
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:49:07 +0100

Those still interested in this subject may recall the James T Kirk Star Trek
episode "Who Mourns for Adonis?"

In it, the intrepid space travellers are trapped on a planet by the ancient
Greek god Adonis, and have to find a method of escape. It may well be that
the writers would have liked it to be about a modern interpretation of the
concept "god" but to avoid offending anyone chose a version of the deity
that no one considered seriously these days. However it is interesting to
note the method the authors considered would have been successful under the
circumstances, and it certainly did not involve violence of any sort, verbal
or otherwise.

( If God is upset by violence, why is it necessary to put lightening
conductors on church towers? )

-- 
Sincerely, John de Rivaz:  http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including
Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley
Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy,  Nomad .. and
more

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