Re: [Phys-L] Imagine a World Without Religion

[Bill Norwood <bnorwood111@gmail.com>]

Reminds me of the pacifists not believing in war, but enjoying the benefits
of war.
Bill Norwood, U of MD at College Park

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Jack Uretsky <jlu@anl.gov> wrote:

> Is belief in the benefits of having no religions, a variety of religion?
>                Regards,
>                      Jack
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> On Thu, 15 Jan 2015, Richard Hake wrote:
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>  Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:44:29 -0600
> > From: Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>
> > Reply-To: Phys-L@Phys-L.org
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> > Cc: Phys-L <phys-l@phys-l.org>, PhysLrnR <PHYSLRNR-LIST@LISTSERV.
> > BUFFALO.EDU>
> > Subject: [Phys-L] Imagine a World Without Religion
> >
> > In response to a Los Angeles Times editorial "The right to mock religion"
> > of 08 Jan 2015, a reaction to the religion-inspired Charlie Hebdo massacre <
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo>, a reader transmitted this
> > provocative letter to the editor:
> >
> > ***************************************************
> > Imagine a World Without Religion.
> >
> > No 9/11, no crusaders, no India/Pakistsan partition, no
> > Israeli/Palestinian wars, no Serb/Croate/Muslim mass persecutions, no
> > "honor killings," no bouffant-haired televangelists fleecing the gullible
> > for their money.
> >
> > God? His big mistake was turning religion over to man.
> > ***************************************************
> >
> > Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University. LINKS
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> > http://bit.ly/juvd52>.
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