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To: E who wrote (38937)	6/2/1999 11:32:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 108807

Well, one would expect a dissenting opinion from one who builds a luxury treehouse in a beech tree, believes in dryads, forsooths with the best of them, and lies still for hours on end being painted by a wild and crazy Arteeste. <bg>

To: E who wrote (38937)	6/2/1999 12:32:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 108807

Fundamentalism is for people who can't handle drugs.

To: E who wrote (38937)	6/2/1999 1:59:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Thank you, E. Your comments are appreciated. Some religious beliefs, along with a bevy of other commonly held beliefs, are not subject to the rigors of critical thought and empirical evidence. They rely on axiomatic exposition -- proof by blatant assertion, rather than logic and reason. Ultimately, many of these beliefs must rely on a philosophical duality which posits that the essence of matter (soul or any other spiritual concept) is different from its physical manifestation. Ultimately, we end up with a romanticized view of the world which can manifest itself in some odd extremes. Thus, we have Dr. Pangloss in Candide asserting that this is the best of all possible worlds (Candide's satire on the divine right of kings) on the one hand, and CL's assertion that we are all sinners doomed to hell without the intercessrion of a savior. Oddly enough, this is the same criticism I leveled at Terrence Bergh -- a failure to test his ideas and hypotheses against empirical observations. Thanks again, TTFN, CTC

To: E who wrote (38937)	6/2/1999 3:31:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Reading Chris and Emile provides me with enormous insight into the early days of Christianity. I'ver come at length to think that the murder of Stephen (Acts) should be considered self-defense by the Sanhedrin. Too bad that Emile wasn't around to be tried by those guys. Emile has all the attributes of a saint except holiness. If you read much about the early martyrs it is clear that many of them went out of their way to annoy and irritate the authorities and the poor Jewish and Roman bureaucrats just couldn't take it anymore. Chris is relatively mild and pitiful. Ignorant, annoying, ranting, irrational. Had a dog like that one time. Hated to have to put him down, but he just stood there yapping until I couldn't stand it any more.