On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:57 AM, William T Goodall wrote:

> On 13 Dec 2007, at 08:49, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
>
>> Nick Arnett wrote:
>>>
>>>> A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off!
>>>
>>> Considering that this is about genetic links to *disorders*,  
>>> quite a few
>>> people in addition you would have to agree to redefine religion  
>>> as such
>>> first.
>>>
>>> I'd wish you luck with that, but it wouldn't be sincere.
>>>
>>> Perhaps they can figure out how to turn off greed.
>>>
>> OTOH, considering the totalitarian approach to genetic disorders,  
>> isn't
>> it more likely that, since the majority of the population is  
>> religious,
>> a drug will be developed that will cure _atheism_?
>
> But they wouldn't be able to agree which religion to afflict the  
> faith-
> free with and it would end up in internecine squabbling.

Score 3: funny

I would agree, except that the kind that engages in eugenics and the
like rarely have a problem picking their fanaticism: they generally
know _exactly_ what they want you to think.

Dave


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