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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (21965)11/24/2004 3:20:10 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Respond to of 80963
 
Re: Today, the world's greatest conflicts are all among the monotheists. That ought to be a tip off to you about the dysfunctional nature of these crazy fantasies.

I totally agree with you... Somehow, monotheism is to religion what totalitarianism/Fuehrerprinzip is to politics --both don't suffer challengers.

Gus



To: Raymond Duray who wrote (21965)11/24/2004 7:49:05 PM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 80963
 
Ray > most of the world's population gets along just fine without reference to a monotheistic fairy tale

Except, it seems, the US where religion is now becoming a very divisive issue. In fact, it looks like the "one nation under God" is anything but.

reuters.com

>>A California teacher has been barred by his school from giving students documents from American history that refer to God -- including the Declaration of Independence.

Steven Williams, a fifth-grade teacher at Stevens Creek School in the San Francisco Bay area suburb of Cupertino, sued for discrimination on Monday, claiming he had been singled out for censorship by principal Patricia Vidmar because he is a Christian.<<