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To: cosmicforce who wrote (7703)	3/6/2001 6:22:22 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) of 82486

It is always useful to see faith run amok, because it offers, well, religious instruction. We are now in an awfully pious period in our own country; to point out that intolerance and religion often go hand-in-hand can be a perilous undertaking. We are a churchy nation -- far more so than any other Western country. The Swedes, the Brits, even the Italians seldom go to church. Americans go regularly. Those nations have lower rates of violent crime and other social maladies, but so what? The efficacy of religion is considered proven, even if it is not. This is the statement that I was in disagreement with. The inference of intolerance (using violent crime and social maladies) and church-going was no more well made than mine of suicide and church-going. Why would the statement be made that Italians seldom go to church if it is not backed up? I don't know. Maybe it is a "so what" all around. Maybe I misunderstood completely what the author said.

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