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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (20376)	6/14/2005 6:46:59 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 28931

Have a wonderful vacation, and thank for your comments on the body thing. I found it pretty interesting once I started looking in to it. I think it is good for people to mourn or not mourn in whatever way suits them, and any perception of death and the afterlife is fine with me, as long as it does not negatively impact people who are not part of the belief system (and I do not include in "negative impact" the mere knowledge that something is occurring- I find negative impacts need to be more tangible).

To: Solon who wrote (20376)	6/14/2005 9:32:19 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

Thought you might want to know the context of the dead body discussion. The comment that seems to have attracted her trolling attention was about the tradition in certain segments of the armed forces (the Marines and Army Special Forces, at least - maybe others) of never leaving a comrade behind, even dead. Another poster on politics for pros noted to her that it was a matter of esprit de corps, a comment she either didn't understand or chose to ignore when heading off on her "it's just a piece of meat" crusade around SI. It was never suggested, except perhaps in her own mind, that this has anything to do with religious beliefs about the significance of the human body after death. In reality, as the other poster said, it is a matter of morale, brotherhood and commitment among those who put their lives on the line "for their country" and, as importantly, for one another. And I can't emphasize that last part enough - for one another - for it is not some abstract notion of country, patriotism, liberty or even (especially?) religion that leads a soldier or Marine to risk or give his own life in battle. Training and commitment to one's comrades do that. And they don't leave their fallen comrades behind because that is part of the mutual commitment they make. I hope you can understand that, even if X is incapable.