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<DIV>In case you haven't noticed, religion has immense emotional, spiritual, epistemological, political, cultural functions (I am not making a functional sociological argument) for a huge number of people on this planet and many of those functions have phenomenal practical consequences. We may or may not like those consequences, but that is a different question altogether. </DIV>
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<DIV>Manjur<BR><BR><B><I>Carl Remick <carlremick@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">>From: joanna bujes <JBUJES@COVAD.NET><BR>><BR>>... it does not seem right that one could talk about God and chairs in the <BR>>same way.<BR><BR>Correct. After all, the concept of a chair serves some useful purpose.<BR><BR>Carl<BR><BR><BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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