on 24/11/02 11:45 pm, John D. Giorgis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 01:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote: >> As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether >> they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know >> plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally), the human race >> is headed for extinction. It is only a matter of time before the >> fanatics do us all in. > > What of people who hold pacifist religous views? > > Using Osama bin Laden to make a statement about the general characteristics > of religion is beyond ludicrous.
Is it? Quakers and other pacifist religions are a tiny minority. The 'general characteristics' of religion could be described with the pacifists as a footnote.[1] [1] Just rebutting your 'beyond ludicrous' without claiming that massacring the heathen/infidel/non-believer is the normal pattern of theocracies. -- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
