[Vision2020] Never argue with an atheist was Living in Idaho

[Ralph Nielsen]

Let me reply with some ancient words of wisdom from the Hebrew Bible:

The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they  
have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost. ... for  
there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which  
you are going (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10b).

> I'm chiming in on this only once because it reminded me of a quote  
> I find amusing.
>
>    The difference between an atheist and an agnostic:
>
>
> "I can well imagine an atheist's last words: "White, white! L-L- 
> Love! My God!"—and the deathbed leap of faith. Whereas the  
> agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays  
> beholden to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the  
> warm light bathing him by saying, "Possibly a f-f-failing  
> oxygenation of the b-b-brain," and, to the very end, lack  
> imagination and miss the better story.
>
> -Life of Pi
Kerry Becker

>
> From:  Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
> To:  heirdoug at netscape.net
> CC:  Vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject:  Re: [Vision2020] Living in Idaho
> Date:  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:26:17 -0800
> >Doug,
> >
> >I can assure you that I had no theological ideas in my head when I
> >freeze-dried the parsley and the lice. I acted on my own, human
> >authority, not on some imaginary authority derived from a product of
> >human imagination. Get real, Doug.
> >
> >Ralph
> >
> >
> >On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:37 AM, heirdoug at netscape.net wrote:
> >
> > > Ralph,
> > >
> > > What absolute authority did you receive in order to pass judgement
> > > on the sprig of parsley and the poor defenceless lice?
> > >
> > > Weren't you playing God?
> > >
> > > Doug
> > >
> >