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Non-literal atheism?
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RE: Non-literal atheism?
(August 18, 2014 at 9:34 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Well more than 99% of all species that have ever lived have gone extinct, and there's not much reason to doubt that we will escape those grim odds. All the self-congratulation on our creativity strikes me as whistling past the graveyard.

I agree here. If we become extinct while cockroaches flourish it will mean that cockroaches are a more successful life form.

Have to admit that I have a lot of fondness for the Stoned Ape theory. Discovering hallucinogenic mushrooms is likely to be one of the reasons why humans developed shamanism. When it comes to the mushrooms being alien intelligences, though, I think it indicates that McKenna had been over indulging.
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Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 12:43 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by bennyboy - August 17, 2014 at 1:10 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 1:32 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by bennyboy - August 17, 2014 at 5:46 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 7:11 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by bennyboy - August 17, 2014 at 7:15 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by downbeatplumb - August 17, 2014 at 7:23 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by ignoramus - August 17, 2014 at 8:21 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by ignoramus - August 17, 2014 at 2:27 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 4:03 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 8:31 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by LastPoet - August 17, 2014 at 9:01 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 4:14 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by rexbeccarox - August 17, 2014 at 4:23 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by ignoramus - August 18, 2014 at 4:54 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by Whateverist - August 18, 2014 at 7:42 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - August 17, 2014 at 8:48 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 9:00 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - August 17, 2014 at 4:27 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 5:32 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 4:28 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by rexbeccarox - August 17, 2014 at 4:36 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - August 17, 2014 at 7:53 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 17, 2014 at 8:49 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by Confused Ape - August 18, 2014 at 6:36 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - August 18, 2014 at 8:33 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 18, 2014 at 6:17 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - August 18, 2014 at 9:34 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 18, 2014 at 11:36 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by Confused Ape - August 19, 2014 at 12:41 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - August 18, 2014 at 6:42 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 18, 2014 at 7:01 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - August 18, 2014 at 7:07 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 18, 2014 at 7:42 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by Whateverist - August 18, 2014 at 7:48 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by Polaris - August 18, 2014 at 7:58 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by ShaMan - August 18, 2014 at 8:05 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 18, 2014 at 8:32 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by Polaris - August 18, 2014 at 8:37 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - August 19, 2014 at 7:49 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 19, 2014 at 5:38 pm
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - August 20, 2014 at 9:14 am
RE: Non-literal atheism? - by stonedape - August 20, 2014 at 5:07 pm

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