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- From: teddybur@netcom.com (John Sanger)
- Subject: Re: Lifestyle Choices and Secular Reasoning
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.031518.8457@netcom.com>
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:15:18 GMT
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- In article <C0B0Cu.Eu7@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l) writes:
- >harp@netcom.com (Gregory O. Harp) writes:
- >
- >>"SLK>" is "kellmeyer steven l"
- >>"LCF>" is "Lawrence C. Foard"
- >
- >>SLK>Why is *secular* reasoning superior to religious reasoning?
- >
- >>LCF>I'm sitting 10 feet from a machine that can produce 3d images of your
- >>LCF>internal organs, it was designed by secular reasoning.
- >
- >>SLK>And it was designed in a country founded upon a belief in God. The
- >>SLK>country founded upon atheism and a belief in man no longer exists.
- >
- >>REALLY? Since when?
- >
- >>The USA was founded mainly by atheists, and laws were put in its
- >>charters to keep it that way. Since then, we've moved farther away
- >>from religious influence, not closer. Take a look at the number of
- >>judgements in the last few decades restricting things like prayer in
- >>schools, etc.
- >
- >Greg, I have no idea where they attempted to teach you history, but
- >I don't think those NoDoze worked. Not by *ANY* stretch of overblown
- >historical imagination were the founders of our country atheists.
- >That's simply wrong. The judgments given in the last few decades prove
- >not one thing about the founding fathers of this country - who would
- >undoubtedly be appalled at the incredible way their ideals were twisted.
- >
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- Excuse me, but to my recallection Thomas Jefferson was an ATHEIST.
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- Ciao!
- John S. :^)
- teddybur@netcom.com
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