On 8/21/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The one strength that I see in religion is that it does have a potential to 
create a
sense of community.  But shouldn't we be looking to build community without 
having to
construct it on a religious foundation?

every community has an inside and an outside. Too often, a community
that's great on the inside treats outsiders poorly. (College
fraternities are communities, too.) Even more, the inside of a lot of
communities are hierarchical, dominated by older males, etc.
--
Jim Devine / "Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the
sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The
fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the
unfortunate."-- Bertrand Russell

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