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To: Bill who wrote (69560)	12/31/1999 11:50:00 AM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Just a second, Bill. Buddhists don't run around killing one another, nor do Taoists, nor do.... Even if God is merely an intellectual construct, people have internalized values such as "Thous shalt not kill" to the benefit of the society.

To: Bill who wrote (69560)	12/31/1999 10:44:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

<<It is God, not man, who sets the values. The Fifth Commandment states quite clearly, "Thou shalt not kill." Were this country's laws not based on Judeo-Christian values, man would be free to kill any other any time without conscience or retaliation by the state. If man were left to his own devices, the caveman era would probably have survived to 2000 AD.>> America, a mostly Christian country, has a very high per capita violent crime rate compared to other first world countries. Why would this be, if we were really governed by the words in a commandment? Not to forget the millions of people who were murdered by Christians during the Inquisition, the Crusades, and all the other massacres and wars fought over religion!