Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer01.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.fr7!futter-mich.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad!fx47.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: Text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Jeff-Relf.Me @. Message-ID: References: <1f1620fb-ee62-46b8-aef4-2983f8d003dc@googlegroups.com> Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Religion, Marxism and other apocalypse cults. User-Agent: Jeff-Relf.Me/X.HTM Lines: 12 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blocknews.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:35:17 UTC Organization: blocknews - www.blocknews.net Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:35:20 -0800 (Seattle) X-Received-Bytes: 1232 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2225275026 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:721177 JimP told Sam: > > WESTERN DROUGHT RANKS AMONG THE WORST OF THE LAST MILLENNIUM > > Gee, than it is a good thing that, since the 13th century, > humanity has invented things like wells, dams, pumps and pipe. Apocalypse cults _ need to believe that the end is near; otherwise, they simply can't function. Truth can be crippling, and falsehoods can be liberating, -- science FICTION pays better than the real deal; hence religion, Marxism and other apocalypse cults.