Re: virus: Religion

sodom (Sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:15:14 -0400


yea, what he said.

Sodom

Wade T.Smith wrote:

> > And
> >you're as sure that your tribe is right as any religions zealot I've ever
> >met.
> >
> >(And even more xenophobic than they, I dare say!)
>
> Well, I pick my friends very carefully....
>
> The 'tribe' of skeptics sit in their 'right' place because they've earned
> it, not because they read it, or had it told to them, or because they
> live amongst those who do, and because every fact is backed up by the
> entire universe, not just recited on a Sunday from a pew.
>
> However, it is a 'xenophobia' of ideas and capacity to use them, not a
> xenophobia of a racial or an ideological characteristic. But, yes, if one
> does not doubt, question, or strive to find the facts, one is not welcome
> beyond a visit.