Steven Sullivan

In alt.music.pink-floyd abby now <itsnomore@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Dale Houstman" <dmh7@skypoint.com> wrote in message
> news:45D5FB77.3070806@skypoint.com...
> >
> >
> > abby now wrote:

> > > Sure we're supposed to care for the earth, but I and many believe
> > > that this earth will soon pass away - whether there's global warming
> > > or not.

> > Soon? What do you mean by "soon"? And - for that matter "pass away." I
> > suspect humans will be here long enough to die of boredom, and I am,
> > pretty sure earth will be sticking around for a lot longer than that. It
> > may not be pretty for the humans at some point, but there are really only
> > a few scenarios that would justify saying "the earth will soon pass away":
> > a direct hit from an unbelievably large mass, the death of Sol (which is
> > unlikely to occur any time soon), and the return of Jesus. But even the
> > Bible doesn't claim that the planet itself will cease to exist.

> Your Bible must've had some pages missing:


Oh. You're a religious nut. Never mind. Fortunately, your kind is
always wrong about this sort of thing.


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"As human beings, we understand the world through simile, analogy,
metaphor, narrative and, sometimes, claymation." - B. Mason