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To: Alighieri who wrote (176173)10/7/2003 5:03:50 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1578106
 
Much of this falls in my characterization of human stupidity. IMO

Al, maybe so but some way we have to deal with them. They are not about to go away.

I understand...frustrating however...religious fervor like this sure does seem like a waste of human potential.


Al, you ain't seen nothing until you see one of their pilgrimages to Mecca. Two million visit the holy city. All they do is chant and pray for 7 days I think.

BTW I didn't know this but the Torah, the Bible and the Koran have similar passages, similar stories, common prophets and of course, all believe in the one God. Their similarities were quite surprising to me.

ted