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   Ed S. to Conscience   
   Re: OT - More of Norwegian's manifesto -   
   25 Jul 11 11:18:08   
   
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   From: edspyhill01@gmail.com   
      
   The guy sounds like one of the rightwingnuts here.   
      
      
      
   "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"   
    wrote in message   
   news:1fcd6309-a1fa-4615-808a-f4bffc39d529@n35g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...   
   On Jul 25, 9:00 am, Conscience  wrote:   
   > "As this is a cultural war, our definition of being a Christian does   
   > not necessarily constitute that you are required to have a personal   
   > relationship with God or Jesus."   
   >   
   > "I'm not going to pretend I'm a very religious person, as that would be   
   > a lie. I've always been very pragmatic and influenced by my secular   
   > surroundings and environment. In the past, I remember I used to think:   
   > 'Religion is a crutch for weak people. What is the point in believing   
   > in a higher power if you have confidence in yourself!? Pathetic.'   
   > Perhaps this is true for many cases. Religion is a crutch for many weak   
   > people, and many embrace religion for self-serving reasons as a source   
   > for drawing mental strength (to feed their weak emotional state [for]   
   > example during illness, death, poverty etc.). Since I am not a   
   > hypocrite, I'll say directly that this is my agenda as well."   
   >   
   > So at present, I'd say atheists, Darwinists, and those who worship   
   > science and their own alleged intellect are the prime suspects to   
   > profile as potential terrorists.   
      
   Culture is only partially defined by religion. Osama bin Laden could   
   have argued the same for Islam.   
      
   Culture can be defined as LANGUAGE, FOOD, FASHION and other nice   
   things in life that celebrate life, not death...   
      
   That was beautiful, wasn't it? ;)   
      
   "RELIGIONS DIVIDE; FOOD DIFFERENTIATES YET UNITES!"   
      
   The above is part of my manifesto...   
      
   THE BANANA REVOLUTION MANIFESTO   
      
   http://webspawner.com/users/donquijote40   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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