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To: Lane3 who wrote (32663)	10/14/2001 10:38:09 AM
From: Poet	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

I'm beginning to think that those who have given considerable thought to religious issues and have concluded that they are agnostic or atheist are often far more respectful of the rights of others than the religious among us. And I'm saying this as a person of Christian faith. It's intellectually seductive, as a member of a religious group, to feel as though one's beliefs give him or her moral superiority. They don't, IMO, religious beliefs provide a framework, nothing more. (Please direct all flames to X. -ggg)

To: Lane3 who wrote (32663)	10/14/2001 12:52:06 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

The real advantage of the Internet is that there are powerful search engines that allow quick synopses of huge volumes of data. This is something that printed material just can't provide. While some may argue that the facile nature of the Internet prevents it from conveying real depth, I'd counter that it isn't so much the volume of the material in knowledge transfer as much as it is the effectiveness of the transfer. Three long pages with no synopsis defeats the point of communication and starts to look like obfuscation and filibuster. Detail is fine when appropriate.