Vonnegut (1922-2007)

Adam Thornton · 14 Apr 2007, 16:37 · from 2007-April.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:37:27 -0500
Subject: (urth) Vonnegut (1922-2007)
In-Reply-To: <10953.67.142.130.30.1176506079.squirrel at brunians.org>
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	<10953.67.142.130.30.1176506079.squirrel at brunians.org>
Message-ID: <F774FB5D-9A34-4B5F-8548-64C818DF52A2 at io.com>

On Apr 13, 2007, at 6:14 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
> I meant, basically, that there are very few changes to be wrung  
> upon the
> theme of atheism. 'The world's all random like, things happen for no
> reason, oh it's scary and dark, poor me'.

That's odd.

I generally regard the scientific method as the act of trying to make  
sense out of the darkness and chaos without an appeal to the  
supernatural.  I don't think this is particularly in conflict with  
atheism.

Adam

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