(Corky Scott) wrote in message ...
On 22 Aug 2003 10:21:03 -0700, (Corrie) wrote:

When asked what my religion is, I say I'm a "lapsed agnostic: I used to
wonder if there is a God, now I don't care if there is or isn't."

How sad. Apathy and willful ignorance - what a combination. I hope
for your sake that you don't apply the same attitude toward flight
planning.

Ah shoot, I was going to let this subject go, had created and deleted
several articles and was just backing away.
But this is just too assinine to leave alone. Corrie, he was talking
about GOD, not FLYING. Being a christian makes you a better flight
planner than agnostics?

C'mon, Corky. This is an aviation board, so I'm trying to use
aviation analogies. [pounds head on wall] You're missing the point.
Sheesh. Why do people have to be so bloody literal? sigh. ok, I'll
try to spell it out.

If you don't bother to check enroute winds and weather, TFRs, and
runway conditions at your destination, you run the risk of some nasty
surprises, right? But if you don't know and don't care where you're
going to spend *eternity*, why would you bother to check SIGMETS?
That's my point. The danger of an attitude of "I don't know and I
don't care."

Now, I already can guess how you're going to respond: "I don't
believe in an afterlife - this is all we get. So of course I
preflight carefully." And that makes perfect sense, from your point
of view. From my point of view, though, you're launching a Cub into a
squall line. You don't see the clouds, that's all.