From: "goat!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Zack Bass wrote: > > --- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "goat!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> ... not that those who want them don't use > >> those who are religious as pawns in the matter. Most are wanted for > >> power and greed, not spirituality > > > > Correct. And there are lots of Prohibitive Laws that are not even > > presented to those who are religious to use them as pawns - like > > Practicing Medicine Without A License... no one ever supported THAT > > for a religious reason. > > They do however take an oath to Apollo. Medicine (as we know it) did get > it start in religion.
No, that oath is because medical _licensing_ got its start in religion (All of the Greek city-states were pretty thorough theocracies). Medical practice had been around for quite a few millennia previous, even among godless and stateless barbarians. -- Ward Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, if you're gonna buy a ticket on the Titanic, you might as well go First Class. Captain Audie Murphy, Texas Ranger, in _Roswell, Texas_ by L. Neil Smith, Rex May and Scott Bieser. http://www.bigheadpress.com/roswell/
