Dale Houstman

TAR wrote:
> Steven Sullivan wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>
> Wow. Now that was uncalled for.

Why? It's simply a fact: there have been countless prophecies of a
coming apocalypse over the millenai, and they have - indeed - always
been proven wrong. There's nothing uncalled for about his statement in
the least. What might be considered as uncalled for is the injection
into a conversation about science of an insipid religiosity.

dmh