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Let them use anything we discover. If they choose not to use the results then unless it's endangering a minor, fine, but in general, carry them. It's the Christian thing to do.
I agree, Jar, but rather because it is the humane thing to do.
Instead of wanting fundamentalists to act like the Amish, I'd like to see them act like Jesus, just a little bit.
Many fundies seem to be awfully hate-filled, and their piety appears to have an unexpressed term:
"Do unto (fundamentalist) others as you would have (fundamentalist) others do unto you."
"Love your (fundamentalist) neighbor as your (fundamentalist) self."
Outside of that, their relish at consigning everyone else to hell smacks of the pornograpic.
Fortunately, only the Islamic world and the U.S. seem to be badly infected with this willful, hypocritical ignorance, and the Islamic world is waking up to what centuries of self-imposed theocracy have done to their culture; Europe has been there and already understands. Some day contemporary creationism will be viewed like the mass hysterias of witch burning and McCarthyism. Of course, if we taught "Intelligently Directed History," we could ascribe all that wickedness to God's will--and why not? As much warrant for that as ID in the science classroom...
Since I am not especially concerned that the U.S. remain a dominant power (rather believing that multiple centers of power would be a good thing), I feel comfortable with China, Korea, India, China, Pakistan, etc. leaving us in their research dust in the decades to come.
It is a hard lesson but fair.
This message has been edited by Omnivorous, 08-10-2005 12:09 PM
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