ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis) (07/21/83)
Maybe an in-flesh preacher is better than a TV one -- but many people who are very old or sick or in far removed places (there are other good reasons) have no other choice to receive spiritual flow. That's what makes the detestable quality of these antihumanist, pseudochristian, fundamentalist fascists so tragic. The people who are most in need of enlightenment are being fed the spiritual equivalent of Hostess Ho Ho's. The stuff makes people get sicker, not healthier. On the other hand, seeing that kind of `religion' on a medium that also displays car-dealing con artists, screaming furniture salesmen, and yes, Hostess Ho Ho commercials, has more enlightenment potential than an infinity of net.religion articles. Strange how many of technology's benefits ironically arise from its shit-producing nature. Truly Humanist religious leaders have much to be heard by people of all philosophies. If Gandhi were alive today, I wonder if he'd appear on the `eye of hell'. -michael