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1996-10-09 - Re: Missionaries (was: “Mormon Asshole?” re: GAK) [RANT]

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From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
To: deeb@x.org
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-09 07:23:42 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 15:23:42 +0800

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From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 15:23:42 +0800
To: deeb@x.org
Subject: Re: Missionaries (was: "Mormon Asshole?" re: GAK) [RANT]
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Stephen Humble wrote:
> attila <attila@primenet.com> sez:
> > why would any rational individual espouse ANY cause he thought was
> > wrong!

> Biblical creationism is "wrong": there's ample evidence that the Earth
> is *much* more than 6000 years old.  Yet lots of seemingly rational
> people believe biblical creationism.

Which years?  The very definition of the Christian God encompasses all 
ultimate things, including the ability to make the Earth look like it's 
billions of years old, with *all* "evidence" in place.  There are some 
fascinating videos from Mt. St. Helens(?) which suggest possibilities 
not found in the common literature....

There can be only one point here (outside of a purely religious 
discourse), and that is that religion is a matter of faith, not of 
physical proofs.  Those spiritual beings can walk in your world (by 
definition), but you can't walk in theirs, or at least you can't prove 
it to the average cypherpunks subscriber.

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