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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 11:42
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Subject: No God in the Preamble
A word of warning to religious leaders. If we end up with god in the
preamble, it means that believers have breeched the unwritten rule that
we "live and let live" on matters of religion. Such a preamble would
generate a lot of annoyed, and in some cases very angry, non-believers
who would feel entitled to retaliate. Any concern for respecting the
religious feelings of believers could easily go out the window as
non-believers found all sorts of imaginative ways to blaspheme and
commit acts of sacrilege. You could also find that a lot of
non-believers, who under normal conditions do not have the motivation,
would suddenly feel the urge to get out there and argue their views.
Given the fragility of many people's religious beliefs, the outcome of
such a challenge would be a further reduction in the already declining
number faithful.
While religious leaders cannot be blamed for Ayatollah Howard's
stupidity, they can justly be considered accomplices if they do not
disown him.
David McMullen
1 Morven Ave
Belgrave 3160
9754 1819
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