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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Poet who wrote (32665)	10/14/2001 11:24:15 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"(Please direct all flames to X. -ggg) " Oh now that's not very fair, or respectful. What did I do? Lately?

To: Poet who wrote (32665)	10/14/2001 12:58:05 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

We know what you mean by "flames'. You're saying X is going to hell. Ha. People assume I'm an atheist sometimes because what I believe is so unconventional. One of my best friends is a Christian who shares many of my unorthodox thoughts but puts them into a Christian theological framework. How he does this is beyond me, but I tend to judge a product based upon the final results and not the process which generates it. If my friend Chuck (and yourself, of course) is what it means to be a "Christian" then, heck, I'm all for it. The fact that it doesn't work for me doesn't demean you or your philosophical system. One's speech, judgements and actions do that.

To: Poet who wrote (32665)	10/14/2001 8:51:20 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| 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. I believe those that have given considerable serious thought to religious issues are probably more respectful of the rights of others whether or not they have determined they are an agnostic, and atheist, or neither. People who have examined the reasons for and the nature of their belief are less likely to be violently intolerant then those who accept it just because they are told to, or because they have had one emotional moment that made them convinced that further thought was unnecessary. Tim