X-Message-Number: 17729 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: Some religious people Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:32:41 +0100 > From: "Dani Kollin" <> > I believe you really should qualify "religious people". > In fact I believe you needed to interject "some" before your statement. Agreed, that makes it more accurate - and again "some" cryonicists (who behave in the same way). And yes, I would agree that theologies can be interpreted in different ways - if someone has interpreted them in a way the writer doesn't like, he can use the word "warped". It is a bit like guns - they can be used for legitimate pruposes, such as to protect yourself and your family. Or they can be used for illegitimate purposes, such as to rob banks or kill people who haven't threatened you first. At the moment, the United States allows both, most countries only allow religion. [I think it would do far more harm than good to attempt to ban religion by force of any sort, incidentally.] As it is impractiable if not impossible to stop religions, it is up to the leaders of religious groups to make quite sure that their theologies cannot be used as lethal weapons. I apologise to Mr Kollin if he has found my message offensive, but I hope that he is satisfied with my acceptance of "some" and additional explanation. Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://www.deRivaz.com my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, music, Inventors' report, an autobio and various other projects: http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt http://www.autopsychoice.com - http://www.cryonics-europe.org - http://www.porthtowan.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17729