Child: "Why is the sky blue?" Religious father "God made it that way sweetie!"
Child: "Why are the Israelies and Palestinian's fighting dad?" Nontheistic Parent: "God told them to do it, sweetie!"
sigh...
--- Ian Murray <seamus2001 at home.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Remick" <carlremick at hotmail.com>
> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> > "It came from religion. Religion is also, of
> course, the underlying
> source
> > of the divisiveness in the Middle East which
> motivated the use of
> this
> > deadly weapon in the first place. But that is
> another story and not
> my
> > concern here. My concern here is with the weapon
> itself. To fill a
> world
> > with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind,
> is like littering
> the
> > streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if
> they are used."
> >
> > [Full text:
> >
>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4257777,00.html]
>
> ===========
>
> That both Islam and Christianity [in it's earlier
> manifestations]
> condemned usury rather unequivocally, as did many
> who espoused social
> revolution, should not be lost on us if we are to
> espouse a
> materialist analysis of last week....
>
> Ian
>
===== Kevin Dean Buffalo, NY ICQ: 8616001 http://www.yaysoft.com
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