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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (1351)	5/3/2006 2:59:48 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 1582

Hello my old nemesis. Good to see that you are still around. Others, like Edwarda and Neocon have not been so blessed. I can see that someday, when you are reposed upon your deathbed and staring into the proverbial abyss, you will be converted to the wonders of Objectivism as others, like Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, have. I have a bottle of very rare, old wine waiting in the cellar to celebrate that happy event of your enlightened conversion. :) Father Terrence

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (1351)	5/4/2006 6:33:36 PM
From: tlaG nhoJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582

The 'creative religion' of Jesus is anything but spontaneous, Emile. The invention that was Jesus was to reflect even a bastard child with a Father. The mother, of course, would not have conceived such a child by a rapist or a deserter. It's really all quite simple. Rome at the time was a fusion reactor. The fusion of paganism with monotheism gave birth to the Trinity. As it turned out, Jesus Christ was the last pagan God of any noteworthiness. Act I (the Old Testament) was the Greco-Roman solution of giving strangers and thieves a sense of history...of a heritage...so the Hebrew Tribe was invented. Act II (the New Testament) was a distinctly Roman solution to lift the savage to some acceptable civil behavior. The Romans thought if they could 'civilize' this rabble, they could civilize anyone. Without getting to extended, the religions from Rome to Judea are a complete invention and hardly a natural sponteneity. And when was it John Galt was born of Kabbalah. Know, Emile, he is also known in some circles as Giovanni Galtini. :-) John (the theologian) Galt

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (1351)	5/14/2006 1:43:42 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582

"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." $ AYN RAND $