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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....
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To: Bill who wrote (2652)9/16/1999 5:49:00 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 6418
 
People all over the place are figuring it out.

Look at the last 2000 years. For the first 1500 religion and royalty reigned supreme. If you wanted to better your lot, you got down on your knees and groveled, and hoped the next world would be better than this one. Then we had 400 years of questioning and rebellion. In the last century royalty went on the trash heap forever and religion was relegated to the sidelines, rusting in peace, stripped of any direct influence on human affairs.

Now compare the relative rates of human material progress during those periods. There is a hell of a lot we can do for ourselves once we get off our knees, stop supplicating, and start thinking.

And despite the various messes of the world today, the average human has a better chance of living a long, comfortable, and healthy life today than at any time in the past.

Perfect, no. That means we should keep trying, not crawl back under the rock from whence we came.
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