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Subject: The Meaning of Life
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Date: Fri, 11-Nov-83 17:04:15 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 11 17:04:15 1983
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	Is it not an insult to tell people that they are basically the same
	as primordial ooze, that they exist only by chance, and that
	therefore they have neither value nor meaning? 

Lew Mammel is right:  the "therefore" is a non-sequitur.  This is explained
EXTREMELY WELL in the article "The Meaning of Life" by Kurt Baier, which can
be found (I think) in the book *Philosophy for a New Generation*.  All you
humanism-religionism debaters, please read this article.  It is dead right.
I will present similar arguments myself when I get around to it.
				--Paul Torek, umcp-cs!flink