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Re: RIP Bob Pease

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From: kreed
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:31
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On Jun 21, 5:07 pm, Martin Brown <|||newspam...@nezumi.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> On 21/06/2011 05:48, Don Klipstein wrote:
>
> > In<p07007dpakj4p93qajedhpprq7rogaf...@4ax.com>, OutsideObserver wrote:
>
> > <SNIP to here>
>
> >>   In Heaven, you will have no gender.  You will have no gadgetry.
> >> You will have no desires of the flesh.
>
> And it will be fantastically boring after a very short while. In the
> first third of eternity you can solve chess. Then you can solve Go on
> every size of board and after that it will get pretty boring.
>
>
>
> > <SNIP from here>
>
> >    What if you and your spouse, girlfriend or boyfriend both make it to
> > Heaven?
>
> >    If that ends up lacking pleasures of body sensations or even good-
> > feelings from dressing-up or dressing-sexy, then why should this be
> > preferable over alternatives such as extinguishing,
> > reincarnation or Hell?
>
> The main selling point in antiquity was that you would not always be in
> danger of starving to death nor could you be killed again.
>
> The key point of the "jam tomorrow" promise was that starving serfs
> would loyally follow their kings into battle because the established
> Church took 10% of what little they had off them and told them that the
> King was God's representative on Earth. Failure to follow His orders
> immediately condemned you to an eternity of Hellfire.
>
> A cunning scheme and probably the canonical "jam tomorrow" scam.
>
> It's modern equivalent in a more materialistic world is the Nigerian 419
> scam - which promises a shorter wait for your share of $20M.
>
> Regards,
> Martin Brown

Superannuation will end up in the same way also.
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Subject: Re: RIP Bob Pease
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