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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (2624)	9/16/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 6418

I really have no quarrel with anyone who chooses to practice a religion in peace, any more than I have a quarrel with gay people who want to marry other gay people. I do believe that churches should be relegated solely to serving the spiritual needs of those who elect to join them. I do have a very real problem with people who think all our problems are due to a decline in "Christian values", and that the solution to these problems is to force their beliefs on everybody else. I agree that Christianity has mellowed a good deal, and is no longer as universally aggressive as it once was (though significant aggressive quarters remain). This was not a consequence of any internal purification; it happened simply because society will no longer tolerate what it once did. Most of all, I believe that any authority structure which is not directly accountable to those over which it holds authority is inherently dangerous. That danger may be latent or overt, but it it there, and must be watched over at all times. I do find the religious drive incomprehensible. That doesn't mean I think religion should be stamped out. I find homosexuality incomprehensible as well, and I'm certainly not anti-gay, much though I may believe that those who choose that route are missing the best stuff there is. Religion is objectionable only to the degree to which it fosters intolerance. Unfortunately, that degree has traditionally been considerable.