I find it quite easy to be tolerant of another's faith, as long as his personal relationship with God (or not God) leads him to the fullness of life and joy that he seeks, and he is tolerant and non threatening to me and mine. If he takes seriously his god whispering in his ear that his obligation is to murder me and mine, I have no compunction to apply his own ambition to him. I recently had Orkin spray my house to exterminate scorpions, after we found several in the living room. I have a fifteen month old toddler crawling around. I didn't need to hear God to make that decision, nor do I need it to apply the same to terrorists. What makes me different from terrorists, because they are fellow human beings, I have given up my right to personal aggressive action or retribution. Civilized people leave such decisions to duly authorized collective consensus. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Kampen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu> Sent: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:23:49 -0400 Subject: Re: [Hornlist] UK attack - NHR
Message text written by The Horn List >Being a scientist, I used to have a big problem with fundamentalists. < Dear All There is a Professor of Chemistry at Leeds Metropolitan University who is also a creationist Christian - is this a contradiction in terms (scientist vs creationist)? Personally, the most intolerant person in my circle of friends is an avowed atheist. The two most gentle people that I know are respectively a fundamentalist Christian and a Muslim. The London bombings took place last Thursday with 21 people killed on the tube between Kings Cross and Russell Square. I will be next in London on the Thursday morning next week - using the tube which runs from Kings Cross and through Russell Square. It makes you think!! Regards Paul A. Kampen (W. Yorks UK) _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/billbamberg%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
