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   James A. Temple wrote:   
   > "trijcomm"  wrote in message   
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   >> Robert J. Kolker wrote:   
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   >>> I find Christianity offensive. I appreciate a heads up on   
   >>> movies that promote Christian trash. I don't want my   
   >>> children and grandchildren exposed to it. A similar caveat   
   >>> applies to Muslim transh, Hindu trash and Budhist trash. I   
   >>> wan't movies that are secular down to the molecular level.   
   >>>   
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   >> Troll, pure and simple.   
   >   
   > Could be.  Yet, I understand the sentiment.  As a secular   
   > humanist, I wouldn't go so far as to call the offerings of   
   > theists "trash" because many of their teachings have   
   > beneficial aims, if not results.   
      
   What beneficial aims or results? Not morals, they aren't very   
   good at teaching, or keeping, them. Not peace; look at all the   
   wars religions, especially the christian one, have caused. Not   
   human rights, not if they want you to kill homosexuals and unruly   
   children.   
      
   > I object to their insistence that folks are doomed to eternal   
   > torture who do not accept their premise that all good emanates   
   > from some supernatural source.  I don't want my grandchildren   
   > force-fed such trash.   
      
   That comes along with all the other trash.   
      
   --   
   Dave   
      
   "Sacred cows make the best hamburger."  Mark Twain.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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