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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   William Hyde   wrote:   
   >I didn't want to cite older scientists, though, since at one point   
   >everyone was either a Christian or pretended to be (we know of some   
   >atheists through Pepys' diaries.  Without this source we'd call them   
   >Christian).   
      
   I think it is very important to make a distinction between those who   
   believe in the constant intercession of gods or saints and those who   
   believe in a deterministic world that was wound up by a god and which   
   is allowed to function by Him independently.  The former is not very   
   conducive to scientific thought but the latter often can be.   
      
   There is a very wide range of religions which all call themselves   
   Christianity.  There's just as wide a range among Buddhists too.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)