Wirt,
All scientists live in New Mexico and love Mexican food.  Mexican food.  All science is about Mexican food.

Aren't generalizations wonderful?

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:51 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT: Religion or America is a religion


Greg writes:

> In brief, it seems that, yet again, someone without a formal religion
> misunderstands religion, and mistakes what is religion for what is not.

Bombs. Religion is all about bombs. And hatred. And fear. And excesses of
piety. Lordy, give me some of that ole' time religion.

People talk about "mad scientists," but in my 40 years of doing science, I've
never met a single scientist who wanted to destroy the planet, life, or
anyone else's career -- even when I worked in nuclear weapons. Mutual assured
destruction was merely the most rational response that anyone could think of -- and
it scared the sh*t out of everyone involved.

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.

Religion is getting off far too easy in the public press.

Bombs. Religion is all about bombs. And hatred. And fear. And excesses of
piety. Lordy, give me some of that ole' time religion.

Wirt Atmar

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