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To: combjelly who wrote (246307)	8/16/2005 10:33:23 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1582684

>Again, I don't know if Ten subscribes to this or not, but I do know there are some who do. I know some who do, and they're not all Christian... -Z

To: combjelly who wrote (246307)	8/17/2005 12:52:55 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1582684

I don't know about Ten, but I had a discussion with a born again, oh, must have been more than 20 years ago now. Any way, he just couldn't understand why people who didn't believe in God just didn't go around raping, stealing and killing. In his particular case, I was very glad he had his religion if that is all that stood between him and those actions. In his case, apparently even his religion wasn't enough, since he became very active in office politics. Now office politics in a teaching hospital is for several reasons some of the most brutal backstabbing, character assassination and guilt by innuendo that you will ever see. I have often wondered if the people who are most drawn to religion are the ones least able to control the darker sides of their humanity........and if so, is that why tenets of religion so often get perverted?

To: combjelly who wrote (246307)	8/17/2005 4:00:50 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582684

CJ, I don't know about Ten, but I had a discussion with a born again, oh, must have been more than 20 years ago now. Any way, he just couldn't understand why people who didn't believe in God just didn't go around raping, stealing and killing. I once posed this question to an atheist professor, and his answer didn't really satisfy me. I'm sure you guys can answer it better than he could have; in fact, you guys might have already done so. Anyway, I now understand from the Christian perspective why people who have no belief in God don't automatically give in to the "dark side." I also see the "Star Trek" perspective as well, but I guess since Gene Roddenberry passed away, that perspective hasn't really been the same since. Tenchusatsu