On Apr 7, 2005 5:07 AM, David Bandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> > >
> > > [ fine signature ]
> > >
> > > "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 little concern about whether a person believes in a deity or
not, but I loath the tendency in recent years of those who do not
believe to want to eradicate every trace of belief in our society.
I've known just as many non-believing bigots as believing bigots. The
writings of our country's founders are replete with references to God
(or god, if you prefer), but that's not good enough for the
non-believers of today.
--
Collins
When I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them,
it was the start of a new Arab world.... The Berlin Wall has fallen.
- Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt
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