September 05, 2001 12:13AM
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<HTML>They're afraid it upsets their own beliefs in what they feel ("know") is right. It goes against their "religion". In actual fact, most of these people have little real knowledge of their religion.....either it's history,origins or anything else for that matter. The people who do, and still proselytise these ideas, are only doing it for one thing only....power. Knowledge and power over what people think and feel, and this is where it becomes dangerous. In most respects, it's no different from any of the other religions whose origins can be traced back to the Middle East i.e.Judaism/Islam/Christianity. Even the other eastern religions can be accused of the same thing, to varying degrees.
And so can/does science.We have to be careful that we don't allow ourselves the luxury of being dogmatic about anything.....when that happens we become no better than "high priests" of the religion of scientific knowledge.</HTML>
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Don Barone |
September 04, 2001 11:10AM |
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Don Holeman |
September 04, 2001 11:18AM |
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Carl Tanner |
September 04, 2001 11:59PM |
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Anonymous User |
September 04, 2001 12:20PM |
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Mercury Rapids |
September 04, 2001 01:01PM |
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jameske |
September 04, 2001 01:33PM |
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Mercury Rapids |
September 04, 2001 02:05PM |
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Matthew Saxon |
September 05, 2001 05:04PM |
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D.Przezdziecki |
September 04, 2001 06:30PM |
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Peter VanderZwet |
September 04, 2001 05:07PM |
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Carl Tanner |
September 05, 2001 12:13AM |
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jameske |
September 04, 2001 01:43PM |
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Duncan |
September 05, 2001 07:14AM |
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Don Barone |
September 05, 2001 07:50AM |
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Anonymous User |
September 05, 2001 10:09AM |
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Claire |
September 05, 2001 10:26AM |
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Anonymous User |
September 05, 2001 10:48AM |
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Claire |
September 05, 2001 10:57AM |
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jameske |
September 05, 2001 11:05AM |
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Claire |
September 05, 2001 11:07AM |
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JoeRoyle |
September 05, 2001 11:10AM |
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Anonymous User |
September 05, 2001 11:57AM |
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jameske |
September 05, 2001 12:09PM |
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Don Barone |
September 05, 2001 03:45PM |
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jameske |
September 05, 2001 04:10PM |
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Don Barone |
September 05, 2001 06:24PM |
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Don Barone |
September 04, 2001 09:58PM |
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Peter VanderZwet |
September 04, 2001 10:56PM |
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Deano |
September 05, 2001 01:37AM |
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lone |
September 05, 2001 03:00AM |
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Mattcarps |
September 05, 2001 04:20AM |
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lone |
September 05, 2001 04:38AM |
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Dave Moore |
September 05, 2001 05:35AM |
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Anthony |
September 05, 2001 06:25AM |
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javier |
September 05, 2001 06:55AM |
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Deano |
September 06, 2001 01:23AM |
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Anthony |
September 06, 2001 02:00AM |
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Anonymous User |
September 06, 2001 05:15AM |
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Anthony |
September 06, 2001 09:44AM |
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Anonymous User |
September 06, 2001 12:59PM |
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Anthony |
September 07, 2001 01:46PM |