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To: Thomas Calvet who wrote (16877)	6/2/1998 9:32:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

<<I would have to respectfully disagree with your assessment that our "belief system" hurts homosexuals, and dominates women.>> Tom, to me the first thing a belief system needs to do to be positive is simply not to hurt anyone. Wicca, Buddhism, Baha'i from what I understand of it, Universal Unitarianism, and some other tolerant belief systems that I don't have time to list at the moment seem to fall in this category. Atheists and agnostics also do not hurt others because of their belief systems. However, conservative Christians definitely do hurt people. We have discussed the homosexuality issue before, and I don't want to get into a big fight tonight about it, but 30% of the teenagers who commit suicide in America are homosexual, and 25% of parents throw their homosexual children out on the streets when they find out about it. These children are much more likely to do drugs, become alcoholic, have risky sex, and contract fatal diseases than gay children whose parents love and accept them. The parents who reject their children are conservative Christians. So on just this one tenet alone, conservative Christians are doing harm. I think there is a real debate here about what religion even means. Some people believe whatever they were taught, even if their beliefs hurt others. This to me is not even religion, but pure evil. To me, a true religion needs to be positive. And I believe everyone is fully responsible by all the damage done by their belief systems, because I believe all morals and ethics are really personal. Incidentally, since you asked, in my home my husband and I make major decisions together. Both of us have to agree before anything happens. This would extend to expenditures of over about $100 as well. When we disagree we talk it over until one of us convinces the other, using logic, or we compromise. On small things, the person who is the relative expert prevails. If my husband says the car needs to go into the shop, it goes because that is his area of expertise. If I say that we need family counseling, I get to decide, because I am a little more knowledgeable about when there is a problem brewing that we cannot solve on our own. Those are just examples, but I hope that gives you a clear idea.