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  From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@richardsharpe.com>
  To  : Joseph Burford <joseph@vintek.net>
  Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:23:53 -0800 (PST)

RE: They got him!

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Joseph Burford wrote:

> 
> 
> > same God as other Christians. However, If I were Christian, 
> > I'd be distinctly unnerved to be identified with a group of
> > people who are only a few short steps away from being just 
> > as fundamental as some of the more fundamental Muslim sects.
> 
> Care to clarify such a sweeping generalisation? 

Yes, he is clearly wrong on a couple of counts.

When people of all religions are playing the numbers game, they are quite 
prepared to be lumped in with all the various sects that their religion 
has splintered into, but when playing the 'holier than thou' game, they 
are less so.

The other count of course goes by the name of 'My ism is better than your 
ism because your ism has killed more people than my ism.' This too is 
wrong, because isms (or Relgions) don't kill people. People do.

Let's hope that the OS wars don't get so bad that someone decides to do 
something really drastic about it.

Regards
-----
Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org, 
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com

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