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

To: average joe who wrote (2932)	10/30/2000 12:53:54 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

I'm not condemning anybody's magic. The girl who wanted to practice Wicca needs defending because she is being harassed for her beliefs; if Catholic kids are ever threatened with suspension from school because they wear a crucifix, I'll defend them as well. Defending the right to practice a religion is not at all the same thing as agreeing with the precepts of the religion. I believe absolutely that Catholics, Wiccans, and all the rest have every right to practice their faith up to the point at which their practice might infringe on someone else's rights, just as I believe absolutely that I have every right to pronounce my opinion that Catholic ritual, Wiccan ritual, etc. are a mass of meaningless verbiage, behind which frightened minds seek refuge from uncertainty. A facile understanding of nature sometimes makes a person so smug as to pretend they understand completely the forces that surround us. Such pretension is pretty much the sole preserve of the religious: I can't imagine any reason-driven observer claiming complete understanding of anything. <edit> Whenever I hear people speak of "hermetic" studies, I have the urge to remind them that "hermetic" means "isolated from outside influence". It is hard to imagine how any study meeting that description could have very enlightening results.