bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals) (03/06/86)
In article <15859@rochester.UUCP> ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank) writes: >In article <2657@reed.UUCP>, purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva) writes: >> Sadly it's true - it seems like there are always Christians, Jews, >> Muslims and other "people of God" fighting each other about who is >> really right about Him. > > You forgot to include atheists and agnostics who also have been killing each >other since forever. Ah, but we don't go off an do it all in the Name Of God, thereby washing oneself of all blame. When we kill (hmm. I wonder if the police here keep statistics on that sort of thing). Can you say "crusade"? Can you say "pogrom"? Can you say "nazi"? >A good example of this is the old Roman empire. Bullshit. They were poly-theists. >They killed for a thousand years, Yes, and they were even worse after they were "christianized". >He only uses God as his scapegoat so as not to be confronted with the truth >about his real nature. And what does that say abou athiests? We have no "god", therefore... >There are tens of thousands of murders and other violent >crimes commited in this country yearly, does anyone out there think these >acts are done in the name of God? That's what the killers certainly believe. -- I'm PROUD to be a CARBON-BASED lifeform! andy beals bandy@lll-crg.arpa {ihnp4,seismo,ll-xn,qantel,sun}!lll-crg!bandy LLNL, P.O. Box 808, L-419, Livermore CA 94550 (415) 423-1948