> physical intelligence, etc.,
Be serious. <G> This phrase was invented by do-gooders for the purpose of
elevating the academic status of a specific group of people who
consistantly score a standard deviation below the rest of the human race
on every written test ever devised.
>I don't have to "condone suffering", to recognize it as an essential
piece of
>reality. Without evil, what would be the point of making moral choices?
>Indeed, no one would have a choice, and I regard a life without choices
>intolerable. Without suffering, what would be meaning of joy? Without
>challenge and the possibility of failure, what would be the satisfaction
of
>achievement? Without death, would life have value?
This is basically a religious statement. Suffering is basically the
stimulation of a particular set of nerves and joy is the stimulation of a
different set. Suffering does not have a moral component unless a human
is intentionally doing the stimulating.
There isn't any experiment or data which demonstrates the existance of
the concept of free will.
Life only has value in a religious context. (economically and socially,
some humans have more value as compost than as living entities)
billwald@juno.com
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