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Re: STRUCTURE OF TIME (at numerous requests)

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From: Laurence James Edwards
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 22:46
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In article <1992Sep28.091054.1@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi>, hporopudas@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi writes:
|> 
|>      In the end of this conversation I would like to remind to all readers
|>    that I have tried to be only as accurate clerk in this matter as possible.
|>      And because this inhuman and hostile environment of science to amateurs
|>    I have some doubts that will Hanna-Maria ever become scientist when
|>    she grows up. This kind of hostile and unhuman environment could injure
|>    her seriously.
|> 
|> 
|>           Hannu.
|> 
|>      "I think that atheistic scientists are fully reponsible for ordinary
|>    peoples sufferings in all over the world, when they have instructed them
|>    to reject God's good doctirine given in The Holy Bible. This doctrine
|>    teaches ordinary people to respect good. Now this kind of respection
|>    does not exist and good peoples who respect good are considered to be mads.
|>    You all "wise scientists" should know that this means only one thing,
|>    namely that all kind of evil will be in full power in all around the world."

Well, first of all, as someone else also pointed out, far more mental and
physical pain has been inflicted upon "ordinary" people in the name of the
holy bible than ever was done in the name of science.

Second, scientists (atheistic or otherwise) do not teach people to
reject the good doctrine in the holy bible ... they teach people to reject
the "bad" doctrine in the holy bible. That is, things like adam&eve and the
age of the earth etc. Scientists do not in general teach people to reject
teachings like thou shalt not kill etc. And frankly, the atheists that I
know are some of the most considerate, kindest, humblest, thoughtful people
I have ever met. They just happen to base there moral values on an empathy
for their fellow human beings rather than on what some religion tells them
they must believe.


Larry Edwards
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Subject: Re: STRUCTURE OF TIME (at numerous requests)
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