Wirt Atmar writes:
> Bombs. Religion is all about bombs. And hatred. And fear. And excesses of
> piety. Lordy, give me some of that ole' time religion.
You forgot your trademark "red meat" tag.

I'll let others respond to the noble scientist rhetoric for now.

> But no one has any trouble finding religious kooks who want to destroy
> anything or anyone that disagrees with their idiosyncratic interpretations
of
> heavenly ordinations.
Name a few. I bet religious kooks occur with the same frequency as
psychopaths and sociopaths in the general population. Some people are drawn
to power. Some try to benefit others; some even build whole charities,
orphanages, schools, and other subversive institutions.

Pop quiz: who built the first hospital?

I understand that when Richard Dawkins dies, they will rename Charles Darwin
Hospital after him.

> Religion is getting off far too easy in the public press.
Actually, that is a matter of perception, rather like whether or not the
"public press" has a liberal bias. Whole books argue both sides. But "good
religion" is the plane that lands safely. So, when in the US, the Catholic
Church or the Southern Baptist Convention (the largest Protestant
denomination in the US) provide relief, after 9-11 or a hurricane or what
have you, that isn't newsworthy. The Ten Booms did not attract Spielberg's
attention; Schindler did.

> Bombs. Religion is all about bombs. And hatred. And fear.
> Lordy, give me some of that ole' time religion.
You ran into a lot of religion at WSMR?

I wasn't able to find "bombs" mentioned in anyone's holy write, but I did
find James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this:
to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself
unstained by the world.

But, as I said to begin with,
>>In brief, it seems that, yet again, someone without a formal religion
>>misunderstands religion, and mistakes what is religion for what is not.

Greg Stigers
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