For a nice person like Julie Beischel who doesn't debate with skeptics ..... I thought her comment on Michael Shermer's motives was soo cruel........
... and probably true
Come on Michael, prove the lady wrong, a donation towards research from your magazine would be very cool
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Originally Posted by Larry Boy  I have to say that the comment about what's more important between cancer or survival research left quite a bitter taste in my mouth. Cancer research has saved enormous amounts of lives around the world! |
I think both are important, probably health is No.1 priority though. Surivival evidence would change peoples viewpoint in this world too before an afterlife
In materialism we are puppets of chance. Nor can ethics in materialism be based upon any solid scientific foundation. There is also no such thing as a harmful thought (if telepathy doesn't exist) only harmful action when caught. There is no real 'free will' to choose right from wrong either, in materialism beneath all conscious decisions lies just unconscious responses. Add to that the fear of dying, depression when this life goes wrong beyond repair and pressure to be greedy because we think we only have one chance at life.
If survival is true, I just hope we can avoid making more
organized religions out of it