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 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17057