On Apr 7, 2005 2:14 AM, Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 05:00, Collins Richey wrote:
From: Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linux tips and tricks <[email protected]> Date: Apr 6, 2005 8:49 PM Subject: Re: semi-informal survey for those using nvidia cards
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"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
A really good quote, but unfortunately quite un-PC. It's not really accepted practice these days to tout that God endowed us with anything, most especially not in courthouses <grin>.
And there are those who claim that these human characteristics are courtesy of the guy downstairs. Or, at least, our desire to use them in certain ways originates there. Never a simple problem.
No, I suspect it has more to do with whatever diety's disciples have done for themselves and to the rest of the world, and the courts have become as jaundiced as many of us "non-believers".
Every religion I've had contact with has always preached: tolerance, love, servitude. Every religious fanatic that invokes the name of a diety, however, tends to display intolerance (because how could you _not_ believe as they do), hate (historically, the most protracted wars, the heinous actions were all in the name of a diety), and they expect you to serve them (vice their diety).
No, I expect little of hateful, close-minded, hypocritical folks. And once the name of a diety has been invoked, you can forget using reason.
I have a few friends who are priests (protestant) and they agree with me.
I have a favorite, related bit from Winston Churchill:
"A zealot is someone who can't change their mind, and won't change the subject."
I like to hope that you have a too cynical view of those of us who believe in God, I have little but anecdotal evidence to back me up. :(
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