From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 20:28:30 -0700 (PDT)
To: camcc@abraxis.com
Subject: Re: [Noise] Re: Missionaries (was: "Mormon Asshole?" re: GAK)
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camcc@abraxis.com wrote:
> At 01:04 AM 10/9/96 -0700, you [Paul S. Penrod] wrote:
> :I suggest you [Alan Olsen] RTFM again. It was a commentary on the sad
> :state of scientific practice as germain to today's egomanical
> :pirannah who inhabit the domain of the "scientist". To publish is to
> :exist, and the first rule is "draw your curves, then plot your
> :points." The second is "Thou shalt not critisize your mentor."
> :Save the anti-religion rhetoric for someone who gives a damn.

> Well, Paul, obviously you do. Otherwise why try to justify some thinly
> disguised pseudo-scientific mumbo jumbo as "a commentary on the sad
> state of scientific practice."
> As Alan said, "I suggest you take your beliefs to talk.origins."
> BTW, what DOES this have to do with crypto, or privacy, or personal
> freedoms, or MORMONS for that matter?

It has to do with this: That religion is connected here, because people 
are connected here.  Religion is the people's way, when they're not 
getting precise answers about crypto, to offload their frustration onto 
the/a superior being, who has no such limits.

When the best thing you can say about PGP, the Golden Calf of crypto, is 
that it "may very well" or "probably will" protect your messages from 
scrutiny by the NSA et al, you can always fall back on God when they 
come and pick you up to take you to the "family camp", like you've seen 
on so many of those TV docudramas.