X-Message-Number: 19842 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 11:05:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Dani Kollin <> Subject: To Iggy re: religious people Hi Igggy, Being a religious person myself I'd have to say you most certainly should _not_ raise this issue with religious people (Trust me I've tried). While there is a lot of good to come out of religion (umpteen iterations of which have appeared on this list via my pen) one of the downsides,unfortunatley, is myopic vision. The same passion that goes into believing there are absolute evils and absolute goods (which I think is a good thing otherwise you end up with moral relativism)also finds itself manifested in closed minds. Hence your negative experience. Though I suspect you were talking with a "born-again" and that's a whole other ball game. In Judaism for instance, heart transplant surgery was, in its early stages, impermissable. Only when it was shown to actually work and actually save lives did it become acceptable. How many people lost their lives because they towed the religious line? Sacrifices for the meme? Perhaps. In fact I often wonder if I am successfuly reanimated will my new Jewish community see me as a visionary or an outcast for having gone against the religious laws of the past even if they won't be relevant in the future. Food for thought. Dani Kollin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19842