Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: If that's all there is, my friend... Message-ID: <348@fisher.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 08:34:42 EDT Article-I.D.: fisher.348 Posted: Wed Oct 3 08:34:42 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 02:35:34 EDT References: <302@uwmacc.UUCP>, <1196@pucc-h> <1226@pucc-h>, <1155@pyuxn.UUCP> <1260@pucc-h> Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 12 Well, I never though I'd be rushing to Rich Rosen's defense. If Jeff Sargent and others like him can see no point to life if there is no promise of anything other than our present physical existence, perhaps they ought to reconsider their ethics. Righteousness is its own reward. We should not be bribed into it by the promise of eternal (spiritual) life. Seeing no purpose to life if it is temporary is equivalent to asking "What's in it for me?". David Rubin {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david