----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 6:05 PM Subject: Re: Plonkworthy?
> On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 05:31:49PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: > > > Not all religions. And please don't think that all people who call > > themselves Christians are part of the same religion. > > I could just as well say, please don't call yourself Christian if > you don't want me to think you are irrational or extremist. Guilt > by association. There are and have been MANY irrational, cruel, and > extremist Christians. As there have been many irrational, cruel athiests. If you look at the 20th century, genocide at the hands of people who's primary identity is religeousis a small fraction of the total genocide. Now, if you want to argue that any organized ideology/philosophy is a religion, like Willy does, then you can probably wiggle out of this. But, since nothing has every been accomplished on a significant scale without such a foundation, then one is left with the fact that those who do little, do little wrong. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
