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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (442)	9/3/1998 4:19:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1542

I wonder if people are starting to think we agree on everything! In truth, as you know, we agree on many things, some for different reasons. Well, I am sure, digging deeper there may be some "disagreements" here and there, but the key is the approach to one's beliefs, in its relationship to that of others. So far, what I have seen from you is that you believe in common sense, common honesty and common decency.... hard to disagree on those. If you believe in the sacred cow or not, that it is up to you to believe so, or not, but the difference is, with other, well known zealots (and even the not so well known). 1. You do not attempt to impose it on others. 2. You are willing to accept the belief of others, even if they are radically different to yours. (the act of "acceptance" does not necessarily mean "agreement"). 3. You do not "judge and condemn" them because they do not agree with you. 4. The fact that you believe in "A" and I belive in "Z" <g>, does not make you believe you are "superior" by implying that I will not be "saved" of who knows what by the different in beliefs. Besides.... It would be rather boring that EVERYONE would believe in exactly the same things.... life would be so boring.... Z. "...the great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom respectable. No virtuous man - that is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sense - has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading... "