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- From: jdawson@chaos.glv.com (Urthur Graeg)
- Subject: Re: Freedom of Religion
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.163837.7469@glv.uucp>
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- References: <1993Jan24.160656.1620@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:38:37 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.160656.1620@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> pciszek@nyx.cs.du.edu
- (Paul Ciszek) writes:
-
- > It would seem to me that it can only be considered cannibalism by those
- > who believe the doctrine. Since the court is not permitted to believe
- > any religion, it would be forced to conclude that the bread and wine were
- > just that and nothing more. You cannot prosecute people for _thinking_
- > that they are consuming the body and blood of Christ any more that you can
- > prosecute someone who smokes a joint of oregano, thinking it is
- > marijuanna.
- >
- Ah, but you can prosecute people who distribute oregano thinking it is
- marijuanna, so why can't you prosecute people who distribute wafers and wine as
- the body and blood of a human being?
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