HELP! Please lobby against the criminal cult of Scientology getting newpowersagainst critics

Adam Atkinson ghira at mistral.co.uk
1 Dec 2001 6:45:33 +0000


This is OT, but:

On 28-Nov-01 12:00:16, Ken Brown said:

>liberal-minded chaps of the sort we used to call "progressive", who
>disbelieve all religion and rather hope that it will go away.

This sounds like a fair summary of my position. Though I don't know
that I'd describe myself as progressive.

>At best
>they think of it as a sort of cultural hangover, an ingrained habit like
>choosing to eat garri or mashed potato or polenta depending on where
>your grandparents come from.

Again, fair summary.

>It never crosses their minds that any of it
>might be *true*. 

Not quite accurate. It (which one(s), sorry?) _might_ be true, in the
same way that my cat _might_ have created the entire universe 25
minutes ago, and my favourite pen _might_ keep dinosaurs from eating
me.

-- 
Adam Atkinson (ghira@mistral.co.uk)
Poor Impulse Control