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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (41941)	11/17/1999 8:59:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

I honestly believe that this Earth could be like Heaven, if only we humans would take care of each other, and stop hurting each other. Of course, that's easy for me to say because I don't live, say, at the edge of a volcano, nor where cyclones kill thousands, nor where plagues are endemic. I don't suppose people who deal with the vicissitudes of nature feel like praising God when they are being eaten by bears, but still, when we are not being eaten by bears, nor being shaken by earthquakes nor blown around by hurricanes, most of what makes life unbearable is human cruelty and indifference. I don't think that's God's fault, I think that's man's fault, and if only we would clean up our act, it would be a far better world. This is so self-evident as to be stupifyingly banal, and yet, and yet, it's such a long time coming.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (41941)	11/17/1999 10:52:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Here's something for you to chew on, Mr Astronomer: nytimes.com Many people know that the Roman Catholic Church once waged a long and bitter war on science, and on astronomy in particular. But that seemingly well-established fact of history, it turns out, is wrong. While it is true that the church condemned Galileo, new research shows that centuries of oversimplifications have concealed just how hard Rome worked to amass astronomical tools, measurements, tests and lore. In its scientific zeal, the church adapted cathedrals across Europe, and a tower at the Vatican itself, so their darkened vaults could serve as solar observatories. Beams of sunlight that fell past religious art and marble columns not only inspired the faithful but provided astronomers with information about the Sun, the Earth and their celestial relationship......