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cegtitd@prism.gatech.EDU (Tim Dodd) writes:

>In article <1992Nov4.225441.22809@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
>+In article <73642@hydra.gatech.EDU+ cegtitd@prism.gatech.EDU (Tim Dodd) writes:
>++In article <1992Nov4.182157.17016@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
>+++In article <1992Nov4.171314.22145@ugle.unit.no+ kim@Lise.Unit.NO (Kim Gunnar Stvringyhus) writes:
>+++++      Why do certain people have such difficulty with the proposition
>+++++      that there are domains which 'science' and 'logic' can never reach?
>+++++                                 dale bass

	I have no difficulty with this at all. Religion at its base is about 
a thing called faith. If you wish to understand religion you must understand 
faith.

	Faith is the unquestioning acceptance of beliefs. This is important,
if you question the beliefs, then you do not have faith. Ask any priest,
minister, mullah, rabbi, shaman, witch doctor you come across. If you wish
to become a "__________" (fill in the blank), then you must accept fully 
the "_________" (fill in the blank) of "__________" (fill in the blank). 
After this acceptance you will be "saved", "accepted into Vallhalla", be 
able to "join your ancestors in piece" or what ever else makes you feel 
comfortable with the after life.

	In Science everything is fair game for questioning. It is expected
that everything will be questioned. Therefore, people in science must have
a hard time being faithfull. In order for them to succeed, they must wall
off an entire area of understanding, because then they would have to begin
questioning it. 

	So here is the kicker, if you begin questioning it "religion" then 
you are not of the faithfull, and if you are not of the faithfull then you 
do not truely understand it, therefore there is no way that you can question 
it properly.

	Neat. I have often though of starting my own religion, but my
scientific scruples would not allow me. Oh well.

Gene Kochanowsky
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