X-Message-Number: 20576
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:00:35 -0500
From: Stephen Ritger <>
Subject: Re: CryoNet #20571
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>And no vaccine known for the average
>mind, except prior infection with something nearly as bad.
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Actually, the "vaccine" is teaching children critical thinking from an 
early age.  Raise them as skeptics, and they will be far less likely to 
fall into the trap of religion and mysticism.  While this is not 100% 
guaranteed (nothing in the real world ever is), it greatly improves the 
chances that our children, their children, and so on, will lead 
rational, productive, successful lives.  You don't prevent drug 
addiction by offering one drug instead of another, you show how 
senseless and destructive drug addiction is.  Same goes for deity 
worship and all forms of supernaturalism.

Just my .02...

Steve

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