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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:12:10 -0500
- From: Mark Beirne Lively <ml5a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Science and god: Are they incompatible? If so, why?
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- Excerpts from netnews.alt.callahans: 19-Nov-92 Re: Science and god: Are
- t.. Stephen R. Savitzky@crc. (793)
-
- > "The problem with the Catholics and birth control," says the
- > Mandelbear, "is that they don't confine their idea of sin to
- > Catholics. They work hard to make birth control (including condoms
- > and RU-486), abortion, pornography, sex education, and other things
- > they consider sinful unavailable even to people who don't subscribe to
- > their religion.
-
- > "This behavior is not confined to Catholics, of course, or even to
- > Christians. It seems to be a general symptom of any person or group
- > that believes they have a corner on THE TRUTH."
-
- Well you can't really blame them for that. Taking a look at this
- philosophically you are taking the relativist view point which says that
- there are many different versions of the truth. Well there version of
- the truth not only says that some things are worng but that they are
- obliged to inform people of that fact and attempt to deter them.
- Otherwise they are accessories and jsut as bad as the sinner.
- Secondly, Everybody in one or another tries to force there beliefs on
- other people and they do succeed. That is why some people do not run
- around naked or kill eachother indiscriminately. We have forced our
- beliefs on them that such things are wrong and should not be done.
-
- -I remember the the glory days when we sat with the king.
- Dining on meh yams and washing it down with red rum.
- ML5A@andrew.cmu.edu Bear aka the Lord High Rulebender
-