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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Greg or e who wrote (1550)	10/11/2000 2:39:15 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

It makes sense for a surgeon, a pilot, or a food inspector to be governed by fundamental principals. All of these professions are controlled by empirically demonstrable truths: the surgeon knows what will happen if the patient's aorta is severed, the pilot knows what will happen if he turns the engines off in midair, the food inspector know what happens if there is salmonella in the hollandaise. Religion is very different, and is a field in which honesty demands that we recognize the legitimacy of doubt. I would not go so far as to say that religious fundamentalists are freaks, or are evil. I do feel distinctly uncomfortable with the doctrines that require fundamentalist Christians and Muslims to convert others to their faith, and with the branches of these faiths that seek to impose them on inherently secular fields such as governance and public policy. I have no problem with people who elect to follow a fundamentalist faith. I think people who proclaim their fundamentalist faith to be the unique recipients of eternal reward are obnoxious and boring, but I'm willing to tolerate them as long as they stay well clear. Evangelism, and all other attempts to impose religion on those who do not want it, are violations of another person's religious freedom, IMO.

To: Greg or e who wrote (1550)	10/11/2000 12:18:53 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 28931

You aren't a freak. Most people believe in some sort of eternal ramification. You can try to make yourself into a freak, but sadly Greg you are the norm, the typical man, the average hombre. The POINT is Greg, that there is no proof that what you are pinning your personal eternal ramification on, is the real deal. EVERYONE who believes in something that has eternal "ramifications" thinks they have the real deal- is everyone right? Is no one right? Well, you really can't answer that Greg. When the pilot doesn't perform the airplane falls- QED. When the surgery fails, it's obvious- QED. But whether your eternal ramifications will fail or not, who can know? No proof, no QED. Belief Greg, pure belief.

To: Greg or e who wrote (1550)	10/11/2000 12:35:25 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

Not to be rude or anything, but I'm ROTFLMAO!! if anybody might be in danger from those who oppose ideas different from their own, it's likely be those narrow minded intolerant, fundamentalists like me. Uh, did you wake up in a different Universe this morning than I live in, Greg. That isn't MY interpretation of history. Dude, you are white-bread, middle of the road Fundamentalist. You really don't have anything to fear, IMO. Really. Here's a thought experiment for you. Imagine you and I start on a bike trip across the country from California, down the central valley, winding through Arizona, across the mid-West, up along the Appalachians and touching the Atlantic just about at North Carolina southern boundary. We have the same clothes and bike, everything, except I have a placard that says, "Should God be replaced?" and you have "Love Jesus - Praise Him" on the back of yours. Now who do you think will get run off the road and harassed. BTW, the is no way I'd do that... got far too much sense.