14 Nov
2002
14 Nov
'02
1:43 p.m.
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Andri Isidoro Fernandes Esteves wrote:
The religious person is always battling against reality wich with a minimum of inteligence from the observer always bring doubts on the truth of his faith.
It's a state of mind wich can only be compared with mental ilness... (I've read that there are even some neurological similarities between the faithful and the mentaly ill)
I won't disagree, but I think we better live in a bunker!
The author of that statement: "I have no need of that hipotheses" was Laplace, french mathematician on answering Napoleon's question in why is book on newtonian mechanics didn't call for god.
thank you! Looks like my date was off by 100 years :-) Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike