On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 23:56:11 -0400, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry... I momentarily had thought you were the *other* Julia in your
response. Anyhow, I reacted so forcefully in part because there is a
long history of anti-religious, anti-Christian, and anti-Catholic sentiment on this List.
While there are some very vocal atheists on the list (Fool, William, Erik) and a few of us that are non-believers but not nearly as vociferous as the others, but there are more list members I can identify as religious to some degree (yourself, Nick, Dan, Dave, Ronn, Debbie). There are more in each category, I'm sure, but I'll wager the ratio holds. Others on the list I haven't seen express their belief or lack thereof. So to say that _the list_ is anti religious is inaccurate.
There is a larger percentage of non-believers here (than in the US at large) so when they do speak up it probably feels as if the wheels are coming off to those that aren't used to having their faith challenged. 8^)
-- Doug _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
