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Surely sendmail reeled when thusly spake Jarmo Lundgren: > > >I would not be > >surprised to find out that they are fighting this behind the > >scenes, bcos the search for life elsewhere in the Universe > >would -- by definition -- be unholy and sacrilegious. > > Hmmm.... Personally I can't see, how finding life elsewhere in the universe > could exclude the possibility of God. Unless you're taking your Bible > literally, of course... well that's the point. and taking the Bible literally, you can include John Ashcroft in that gang. > >or ssomething like that. > > But anyway, religious galactic wars sound like a good subject for a massive > space opera. Let's hint it to Iain M. Banks or Ken McLeod! hey but someone must've already written one of these, yeah ? there was a big war in the one Banks book, I forget, why was there a war ? did the bad guys simply want to kick Civilization ass all the time ? > There could be mega-fundamentalists, who would deny the whole existence of > space. They'd try to blow space ships while they're on the launch pads. well now I'm pretty sure that this story line has been done ! > The not-so-mega-fundamentalists would attack the Mars ships after they have > left the Earth atmosphere. > > (Not to mention the Martians, who would be fundamentalists, too. :) maybe they'd be like Natasha Henstridge in that one flick. real babes, way hot, and after they screw you they eat you for lunch. ouch. f
