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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (6027)	3/31/2002 1:56:53 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I understand what the Constitution says about religious freedom, Laz. -g And it appears to me that a major religious holiday is a highly appropriate time to discuss religious issues- -such as whether Exodus has any historical basis. I disagree. My viewpoint as a person of faith is that discussing faith within the context of science is like putting an elephant in an ice cream cone: they aren't meant to go together. In my opinion, attempts to "prove" the historical fact of the Exodus or any other biblically-based phenomenon are exercises in which I am uninterested. I accept many of the events in the Bible as apocryphal. That right of the author of that article to write it and of the newspaper to publish it cannot be abrogated for that reason. I think you're way over the top here. I stated my opinion that such articles are ill-timed to coincide with Passover. I made no mention of what I thought the law should be. Newspapers commonly have entire sections devoted to religion either all year or at major religious holidays. Failing that, they commonly have many articles devoted to religion. Should they not be prohibited from doing so because nonbelievers may take offense? Here's a surprise: I don't read those articles and I think they're a waste of newspaper and magazine space. Some of theircontent offends me. And how often have you heard nonbelievers express offense at that? Regularly.