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To: Ahban
I for one am not trying to equate creationists with the Taliban. Just pointing out the poverty of the "God-believers moral, atheists immoral" argument.

I'll give the Protestants one thing: The idea that each of us has the capability to decide for ourselves what the Bible really means eventually led to political systems where different religions/philosophies have to compete fair & square in a free market of ideas. If it wasn't for the Reformation, we'd have lots of officially Catholic countries - probably just as free & safe & prosperous as all those officially Muslim countries are today.

Thank Jefferson for the separation of church & state!

49 posted on 09/23/2001 1:26:10 AM PDT by jennyp
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To: jennyp
I for one am not trying to equate creationists with the Taliban. Just pointing out the poverty of the "God-believers moral, atheists immoral" argument.

Your statement is false. The evolutionists are indeed immoral. You can read through everything Darwin wrote and not see a single word about morality. In fact, his only morality is "necessity" or do whatever you have to survive. This is the creed of all those who wish to excuse their barbaric acts.

52 posted on 09/23/2001 5:25:25 AM PDT by gore3000
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To: jennyp
I'll give the Protestants one thing: The idea that each of us has the capability to decide for ourselves what the Bible really means eventually led to political systems where different religions/philosophies have to compete fair & square in a free market of ideas.

Thank you for displaying some graciousness to at least the Protestant part of Christianity. I also don't think it was pure coincidence that the countires that adopted a comprehensive protestant culture were also the ones to develop morally advanced social, political systems, along with economic prosperity and advanced technology.

In evolutionary terms, Christian "fundamentalist" societies were sucessful. Muslim fundamentalist societies, like communist ones, bring poverty and death. It is not by chance IMHO.

57 posted on 09/23/2001 9:17:59 AM PDT by Ahban
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