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To: RetiredNow who wrote (243760)	7/27/2005 9:43:57 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576380

Could you then say that there is plenty of circumstancial evidence of God in the unexplainable "miracles" that have been testified to by millions of Christians and other people of faith? The problem is that the science of psychology provides plenty of evidence that humans like to believe all sorts of things for which there are no factual basis. The other problem is that the realms of science have been expanding, while those of religion have been shrinking in direct relationship. This has been most evident in the physical world, but now increasingly in the behavioral world as well. So using inductive reasoning on this sweep of historical scientific success would lead to certain conclusions.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (243760)	7/28/2005 4:51:25 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 1576380

This article presents both side of the story. You can ignore half of it.... Different strands of opinion run through Pakistan gulf-news.com Sameer, objected strongly to his cousins watching Indian films, enjoying pop music or the girls going out shopping unescorted. "I thought they would be practicing Muslims, and they are not," mumbles Sameer, while talking to Gulf News. He believes the bomb attacks in London were a way to fight back against injustice faced by Muslims. But these bombs have just created more issues than they have solved," says Adnan, 19. Some seem angry that the youngsters of Pakistani origin are 'striking back" at the UK. "Don't they realise that for all its faults, Britain has given them so much," says Anwar Ahmad, 65. Most also believe such attacks on innocent people can only harm the image of Islam.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (243760)	7/28/2005 6:38:33 AM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576380

"Mass hysteria only". Taro

To: RetiredNow who wrote (243760)	7/28/2005 9:38:46 AM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1576380

More evidence that Muslim leaders refuse to accept responsibility for suicide bombing and refuse to condemn it.... .......................... Muslim nations throttle U.N. terror resolution Criticism of suicide bombers censored by global body's Islamic member states Posted: July 28, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com U.N. Human Rights Commission meeting Islamic United Nations representatives blocked an attempt to have the world body condemn killing in the name of religion. The International Humanist and Ethical Union said it submitted the request to the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva in response to moves by Islamic clerics to legitimize the current wave of terror attacks. IHEU representative David Littman tried to deliver a prepared text in the names of three international NGOs – the Association for World Education, the Association of World Citizens and the IHEU – but was blocked by the "heavy-handed intervention" of Islamic representatives of the panel. Littman said that after repeated interruptions, he was unable to complete his speech. The Muslims members said they saw the text as an attack on Islam. The IHEU argued Littman's speech was a report on recent critical comment on Islamist extremism by a number of notable Muslim writers. The intent was for the U.N. Human Rights Commission "to condemn calls to kill, to terrorize or to use violence in the name of God or any religion." The text referred to recent decisions by high-ranking Muslim clerics to confirm that those who carry out suicide bombings remain Muslims and cannot be treated as apostates. A Saudi cleric, for example, issued a fatwa saying that innocent Britons were a legitimate target for terrorist action. Also, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, dean of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Qatar University, who has visited Britain, said terror attacks are permissible. Roy Brown, president of IHEU, said the censorship is "part and parcel of the refusal by the Islamic representatives at the U.N. to condemn the suicide bombers, or to accept any criticism of those who kill innocent people in the name of God."