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Re: Ronald Reagan confesses: "I have Alzheimer's."

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From: woodward Chris Woodward PSY
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 04:09
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In article <Pine.OSF.3.91a.941121133309.20655K-100000@christa.unh.edu> "The Black \"Ken-ight\"" <wkl@christa.unh.edu> writes:
>

>There is a Just God.  That you don't believe in Him shows.

Shows what?

>     I bet that Reagan and John Paul II will never retract their
>positions, and even on their deathbeds will not recant their positions,
>even if they were offered the opportunity to retroactively allow the
>research -- even if they were guaranteed that they would be cured from
>their selling out their beliefs.

I bet Reagan can barely *remember* his beliefs, let alone retract
them.  As for John Paul II, at least he comes by his honestly.

>     Of course, the price would just be their souls, ......

What's the going price for a soul these days?  Majority leadership
in Congress?

[ .. deletia .. ]

>     We call that integrity, faith, and loyalty to principle.  It's
>admirable and honorable.  Regrettably, they are going to be made
>martyrs.  But we won't betray their cause just because they are lost to us.

Or obstinance, stubbornness, and refusal to open one's mind...
--
[ Chris Woodard, M.A.                                         ]
[ Anheuser-Busch Chair of Computational Theology              ]
[ University of Ediacara                                      ]
[ "Open-mindedness is not synonymous with blind gullibility." ]
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Subject: Re: Ronald Reagan confesses: "I have Alzheimer's."
Date: 28 Nov 1994 04:09:59 GMT
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