On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 23:18 +0000, [email protected] wrote: > Holy crap people! The whole Nobel Prize is a joke considering it is named > after the man who invented high explosive. > The prize for peace is the least of the prizes to begin with. Its money in > the hand and a fancy award and life goes > on. Religion has nothing to do with it and please stop you are killing my > blackberry with this piffle. > ------Original Message------ > From: Michael Robinson > Sender: [email protected] > To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;civil and on-topic > ReplyTo: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;civil and on-topic > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds & Richard Stallman for Nobel Peace Prize > Sent: Nov 19, 2009 15:04
High explosives are not a direct threat to peace. It is how they are used that tends to be a problem. As far as the this is not a religious issue comment, where is your respect for the point of view that it is? Can you offer a truly atheistic foundation for peace? Without a life ethic, can you promote peace? Can you even explain how Linux is specifically promoting peace in the world? Is not promoting that one Man be at peace with another promoting an ethic that respects human life? How can an atheist have such an ethic when Man's incredible dignity stems from the fact that he is created in the image and likeness of God and the atheist rejects God? Can you explain how taking this thread any further on the Linux list is Linux related and appropriate? I answer you here because you posted here and it only seems fair that a religious fight in the public view be answered in the same public view. Even if the origins of the nobel peace prize are a joke, it is seen as an award that should go to people who actually promote peace. The concept of peace is a deeply religious one. Anything that involves human dignity is a religious issue. Name one atheist living the lifestyle that Mother Teresa of Calcutta did? Linus isn't that atheist. Atheists do not serve the cause of peace because they do not serve God through service to their fellow Man. Indeed, atheism is a barrier to peace. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
