----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America
> On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:54, William T Goodall wrote: > > > > > On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 02:32 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > > > On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:22, William T Goodall wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:16 am, The Fool wrote: > > >> > > >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/opinion/08WILE.html > > >> > > >> Religion is evil. And people with known evil tendencies shouldn't > > >> be allowed to hold sensitive jobs. > > > > > > "Intolerance is evil. And people with known intollerant tendencies > > > shouldn't be allowed to hold sensitive jobs." > > > > I agree. > > > > > > > > Being explicitly anti-religion in your way is JUST as disqualifying > > > in my mind as being a religious fanatic > > > > I'm not in the least intolerant. There is nothing intolerant about > > objecting to evil. I don't want pedophiles working in kindergartens > > and I don't want religious loonies deciding law. Not a smidgen of > > intolerance there. Just common sense. > > By labling all religion as evil, you've labled yourself as > intolerant. I'm not going to budge from that view. I'm reminded of the famed statement by segragationalists in the '60s "why there isn't a racist bone in my body." Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
