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To: greenspirit who wrote (42921)	7/1/1999 9:22:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Many were christian because to gain government favor they had to follow, or at least profess to follow, the religion sanctioned by the State at the time. Others were christian simply because so many others were, and they just went with the current. Others were christian because they were raised as such by parents, and reinforced into the mold by schools and peers. Did Galileo believe many of the church's teachings? Of course not. But he valued his skin and was not a martyr type, so he renounced much of his work publicly, while carrying on secretly. If you study history objectively it is easy to see that, overall, religion has been very destructive to the world's cultures. Those that have been able to throw off the yoke of mysticism have advanced, Those still steeped in it are mired in their own Dark Ages. In some pockets of the world they are still stuck in the Bronze Age. FT

To: greenspirit who wrote (42921)	7/1/1999 10:05:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Of course, Michael, there aren't any "atheistic organizations" helping people attain private property, because there aren't any "atheistic organizations." You don't really think that atheists gather together every Sunday in some kind of anti-Church, and have anti-church pot-luck suppers, and anti-church women's groups, and anti-church charity drives? Of course you don't.... But that does not mean that there may not be atheists in some secular group or other that supports the goal you mention.