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   From: ntotrr@optonline.net   
      
   "(PeteCresswell)"  wrote in message   
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   > Per Lewis:   
   >>His religious believes to not excuse his claim that the pyramids of   
   >>Egypt were built to store grain. Much less that they were built 2,000   
   >>years ago for that purpose.   
   >   
   > My feeling is that, if somebody just has to get out of bed and go to   
   > work every day, I don't care what they believe about stuff that   
   > happened   
   > or did not happen years and years ago.  It just doesn't concern me.   
   >   
   > OTOH, if somebody wants to be in a position of power where they have   
   > to   
   > make decisions about, for instance, funding the development of   
   > antibiotics to deal with the fact that disease organisms are   
   > E-V-O-L-V-I-N-G.... then their beliefs about, for instance,   
   > whether-or-not there is such a thing as evolution become something I   
   > care about.   
      
   Some seem to care about the beliefs or moral character (or lack) of   
   someone running for office only when that person is on the other side of   
   the political aisle, they excuse the same "failings" when they agree   
   with someone's politics.   
      
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