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From: "John de Rivaz" <>
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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:
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http://www.autopsychoice.com - http://www.cryonics-europe.org -
http://www.porthtowan.com

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