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Two different things

FrankC — 9/21/2004 4:48:34 PM (archived)

I don't care for fundamentalist types and I don't like the administration position re stem cell research. The big offenders are the Pat Robertsons and Jerry Falwells of the world. Thankfully they are only special interest leaders and not policy makers.

As to Bush. I doubt he is much more fundamental than a United Methodist and that's not extreme.

The rest of it (God Bless The USA) is just cheerleading and is no more religious than I am when I damn someone or something. I am a confirmed agnostic but if I am at a public function and someone says bow you head and pray, I bow my head. If someone asks me to pray for them I will say sure.

Most people in this country are nominally religious and imo that is a good thing. People need to have a spiritual area in their lives to be complete. That can be anything from simple meditation to actively participating in a religion. The key is to keep it in perspective.

In each life we need a little dark, a lot of light and some degree of oneness with the universe but it must be symmetrical.

Symmetry is everything.

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"God bless the USA" - Art Martin - 9/20/2004 11:52:23 PM
- The tyranny of the pious majority. - Bowser - 9/21/2004 11:06:50 PM
  - As compared to the tyranny of the impious minority? (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/22/2004 6:21:33 PM
- Suck it up, if you don't like it. And God Bless you, too. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/21/2004 8:05:48 PM
- re: "God bless the USA" - doghot23 - 9/21/2004 7:25:20 PM
- Why -- did it sneeze? - Fox - 9/21/2004 4:57:54 PM
  - Sneezing - LJ - 9/22/2004 4:34:51 PM
    - Judging from recent posts, I'd say the latter - Fox - 9/22/2004 11:01:37 PM
  - Very well-said. Thanks. - Art Martin - 9/21/2004 6:31:43 PM
- re: "God bless the USA" - REB - 9/21/2004 2:13:46 PM
- I secure enough in my beliefs to allow others to express theirs. - Lee - 9/21/2004 7:32:55 AM
  - I'm secure enough..... (n/t) - Lee - 9/21/2004 7:34:03 AM
- When you are totally comfortable with your atheism... - FrankC - 9/21/2004 1:11:07 AM
  - It seems many atheists are rather fascistic in their sensitivities. - ebnelson - 9/21/2004 8:07:28 PM
  - By itself it's not threatening - Art Martin - 9/21/2004 1:30:48 AM
    - Two different things - FrankC - 9/21/2004 4:48:34 PM
      - Not a bad outlook - Art Martin - 9/21/2004 5:24:47 PM
    - A modern phenomenon? Ever hear of the Scopes Monkey Trial? (n/t) - Lee - 9/21/2004 7:37:14 AM
      - It comes in cycles - Art Martin - 9/21/2004 5:01:36 PM
    - How about a coin with "In Allah We Trust"? - Bowser - 9/21/2004 3:43:50 AM
      - Ben Franklin wanted: "Mind your own business!" (n/t) - Publius - 9/21/2004 2:22:30 PM
      - re: .. sure, that would be better. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/21/2004 4:59:44 AM
    - As I pointed out elsewhere... - Tom Brosz - 9/21/2004 2:47:34 AM
      - re: As I pointed out elsewhere... - Art Martin - 9/21/2004 4:44:10 PM
      - Not an excuse. - Bowser - 9/21/2004 3:21:04 PM
        
        Ummm Bowser, where di he say that? - RNE - 9/21/2004 4:08:26 PM
        
        When your only response over many instances is a reference to others being just as bad - alcaray - 9/21/2004 4:24:53 PM
        
        Why I keep mentioning these things... - Tom Brosz - 9/21/2004 6:12:03 PM
        
        Impossible: "A mature human condition needs to get past all versions of philosophical collectivism." - alcaray - 9/21/2004 6:30:07 PM
        
        Sorry, there's way too much foundation that needs to be laid here. - Tom Brosz - 9/22/2004 12:12:01 AM
        
        Thats funny - alcaray - 9/22/2004 3:34:38 PM
        
        No American since Roosevelt has imprisoned an entire class of people, either. So let's not be smug about gulags. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/22/2004 7:19:15 PM
        
        You are correct. So why keep looking for these mythical folks? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/22/2004 9:06:25 PM
      - Agreed - RNE - 9/21/2004 12:50:53 PM
        
        Disagree on a point - Larry J - 9/21/2004 9:47:31 PM
        
        re: Disagree on a point, maybe not - RNE - 9/21/2004 11:59:36 PM
      - re: As I pointed out elsewhere... -thanks, Tom. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/21/2004 5:00:34 AM

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