On 31 Oct 2003 at 1:19, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 10:21 PM 10/30/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: > > > From: Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > I wrote: > > > >>The only group you are likely to get consistent answers from > > > >>would be the anti-religious groups, as you can probably see from > > > >>some of the others who have already answered your email. > > > > > > William T. Goodall replied: > > > >Doesn't this indicate where the compelling evidence leads? > > > > > > That the only group that follows in lockstep and allows no dissent > > > from their orthodoxy is the anti-religious group? > > > >Interesting. You are attempting to frame freethinkers and > >rationalists as authoritarian thought police. But the fact remains > >that freethinkers and rationalists have thrown off shackles of > >religious thought control, not the other way around. > > Though it is interesting how many of the people who describe > themselves as "free thinkers" seem to think alike on so many issues, > and to reject the positions of anyone who disagrees with them on those > issues (abortion, frex) . . .
On the other hand, I know several people who reject religion and who are "pro-life" to an extremely extent. They say it's BECAUSE they reject an afterlife, etc. that every Human life is worth saving. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
