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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (96459)	4/26/2003 5:20:36 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

OT <Nothing of the sort went through my mind.> Then I apologize and retract it. <Muslim Sufis most agreeable> Among the 3 monotheisms, I find Christianity the most appealing, when it focusses on the actual words of Christ. If the message and practice of Christianity was nothing but the Sermon On the Mount, I would be a Christian. But most Christians, and Christian institutions, seem to guide their beliefs more by the Old Testament, or Paul, or the later accretions when the Church was co-opted to serve the Roman, British, Spanish, American Empires. And a lot of Christians seem to be closet Diana worshippers, glorifying the Goddess with the spear, shield, and helmet. Combine her aspects as Goddess of Knowledge and War, and that's exactly what modern America worships, Science in the service of Force, with the 4th Infantry Division's NetWar as the result.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (96459)	4/26/2003 5:31:24 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

OT <During our life time we have all seen some very incredible things.> We see and use things every day, that most people in the past would have called magic or miracles. Future generations will see today as a cusp time, a time where the Equilibrium was Punctuated, a phase change event. They will think of us as barbarians who held some promise of becoming civilized. They will look at most of today's commonly accepted ideologies and governments, the same way we look at 19th Century slavery, or 16th Century Inquisitions, or 12th Century Crusades. The will be appalled and fascinated.