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The god of the gaps is diminishing slowly. There it is in the distance, going, going ... On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:15 PM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Patrick > > when Jerusalem fell to the Romans Titus couldn't stop laughing at the > fact that the Holy of Holies was empty. He thought the Jews had the > best scam going ever. Whereas the drunken Irishman, in the last > chapter of 'Under the Volcano', told Firmin that 'Mozart wrote the > Bible'. > Astrophysicists though still find their models fail: it seems that the > unevenness of cosmic inflation demands that initially something must > have been faster than the speed of light. They seem quite embarrassed > about it. It's rather like going to an old-fashioned British seaside > resort to discover at the beach a portly lady out of picture postcard, > in a floral dress, swinging a huge handbag, emerging wringing wet from > the waves calling 'Yoo-hoo, it's me, your Auntie Mabel. THAT WHICH I > AM I AM. I'm over here' > > Best > > Dave > > 2008/5/13 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>: >> HI all as an old atheist have just caught up 9a bit here -it always seems to >> me say looking at this sort of statement >> >> 'As for God is dead. Linguistically, culturally, psychologically, no: a >> >> visit to any mosque or evangelical church will demonstrate that to you. >> >> It could with one word make sense to me >> >> As for 'superstition' is dead. Linguistically, culturally, psychologically, >> >> no: a visit to any mosque or evangelical church will demonstrate that to you >> >> Still at least people are not being burned at the stake these days (although >> in some good ole'religious countries it does not pay to deny their gods >> Lovely day in Raynes Park VB is gnawing something >> Ps I read somewhere that currently 3400 odd gods are being worshipped on >> this old planet >> > > > > -- > David Bircumshaw > Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/ > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk > -- My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ "She went out with her paint box, paints the chapel blue She went out with her matches, torched the car-wash too" The Go-Betweens