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

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