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In article <1992Oct02.130413.22524@dlogics.com> trr@dlogics.com (Tim Ringwood) writes:
>
>Two views on these wonderful post that are feeled with such love. NOT!
>
>1. One who feel they must spout of their belief in a place where it
>   does not belong, (this is MATH not RELIGION) is either arrogant or
>   a fool.

guru sez:
	naaah, they're usually people who've been trapped by a belief-system
	that *insists* on crusading and spreading the word. A little humility
	and a sense of humour helps to avoid getting really peeved at them.. 


>2.  I strongly feel that those who belive in God due so because of 
>    their own insecurity to deal with life as it is.  (Kind of link
>    a lonley kid's pretend friend. ) If you need help with your insecurities 
>    go to a shrink, and stop cluttering up this news group.

	Maybe that was the original reason, but to ignore the effect of
	familial belief patterns (church-going, prayer, funerals etc) is
	just plain daft. If you need help with your insecurities, you 
	are a pretty poor sort of person. Also the above ignores the tremendous
	solace many people get from their religion in stressfull situations,
	where the rest of us have to think harder.

>3.  I am not sure what TIME and MATH has to do with each other, i.e I 
>    can't see out MATH can help define the structure of time.  If somebody
>    out there has a REAL idea about this, please post.

	If *anybody* has a method of describing the structure of spacetime
	*without* involving mathematics, please let the rest of the world 
	know about it. Time is something which can only be defined in terms
	of movements through the spacetime continuum, and maths is the best
	way we have to do that at the moment.

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