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To: one_less who wrote (17608)	4/26/2000 2:34:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

>Some of the great literary works of our history have been developed by religious scholars, yet your "That kind of stuff" list excludes them.< I don't intend to exclude them, and I don't recall specifically saying anything to exclude them. As the list would be developed by a community, a wide variety of values would be represented. And what with the majority of USA citizens being believers, the New Testament at the very least would make the cut. >I would go a step further and point out that your approach attempts to replace the principles that societies are founded on (as derived from religious text) with what you are calling cultural anchor.< Now I see the heart of the problem - You think my real intent is subversion. It is not - really it isn't. But where you and I have a deep difference of principle is what came first - morality or religion. You see religion as the source. I see it as a parasite on an individual and communal hunger for values. Maybe the dialog breaks down here, cuz we won't get past trying to maneuver the discussion into favoring our incompatible agendas. BWDIK