Re: Another meaningless rant against Evolution

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:03:11 +0000, Mike  Schilling wrote:

> "mimus" <tinmimus99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:VLGdnRY5S6y9zn3anZ2dnUVZ_sHinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> That's the advantage of religion over science: Religion knows it all
>> from the first, without even having to try, and if you disagree you can
>> and should rightfully be punished . . . .
> 
> Religion has the chance to fix its mistakes, provided it hasn't painted
> itself into a corner by insisting that the error is God's unalterable
> will. 

Or by killing people in the name of God, when changing your mind later
might bring up unpleasant moral and legal implications.

> Positive example: Mormonism and blacks.  Negative example: the Catholic
> Church and women.

Didn't the Catholic Church finally agree to allow Galileo to be buried in
consecrated ground? who knows, someday even Bruno might get reinterred, if
anyone knows where his ashes are . . . .

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The hell with the Galactic Overlords
and their tastes in literature.

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