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- From: sschaff@roc.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Stephen F. Schaffner)
- Subject: Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix
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- Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- References: <1992Nov4.182157.17016@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ <73642@hydra.gatech.EDU+ <1992Nov4.225441.22809@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ <73753@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1992Nov6.145757.26607@aee.aee.com> <BxBpHs.DtF@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> <1992Nov7.212535.312@aee.aee.com <Nov.9.19.53.57.1992.11917@ruhets.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:15:21 GMT
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- In article <Nov.9.19.53.57.1992.11917@ruhets.rutgers.edu>, bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner) writes:
- |> sschaff@roc.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Stephen F. Schaffner) writes:
- |> > [Gene Kochanowsky writes:]
- |> >|> Or if you are a bible thumper try this quote for size:
- |> >|>
- |> >|> "proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing"
- |>
- |> > I doubt I've ever thumped a Bible, and I can't imagine a reason for
- |> >thumping a bible, but I'll bite anyway: where's the quote from?
- |>
- |> Of course, this quotation isn't from the Bible; it's from "The
- |> Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
-
- Shucks, I hate missing literary allusions.
-
-
- |> [...] I figure the best thing is to ignore them. Just like
- |> I ignore street preachers.
-
- Having just read Mr. Kochanowsky's latest blast in my direction (well, I read
- most of it -- hostility makes me nervous), I'm inclined to agree.
-
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- Steve Schaffner sschaff@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu
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- possibly be true'." (Bishop) Stephen Neil
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