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Re: The Benefits of Religion

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From: Walter D DiMantova
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 00:00
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Hear, hear.

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:42:02 EDT Kenneth Kitzke Value Creation Systems
<KJKitzke@AOL.COM> writes:
>In a message dated 4/20/99 12:49:14 PM, bgregory@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
>writes:
>
><< Nobel Laureate (physics) Steven Weinberg: "Although religion has
>done
>some good, "its influence on balance has been awful," Dr. Weinberg
>said.
>"With or without religion," he said, "you would have good people
>doing
>good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to
>do
>evil things, that takes religion." "
> >>
>
>For a person who doubts that psychologists understand behavior
>properly, it
>is most amusing to see you quote a Nobel Laureate physicist about
>religion as
>though his opinion means squat.
>
>Kenny

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