[Phys-L] OT: Mocking the Faithful: was Breaking News in ID

[betwys1 at SBCGLOBAL.NET (Brian Whatcott)]

If, as a Chinese philosopher suggested, the art of war is to take
  the enemy off balance, while remaining collected onself, then
this might be a suitable weapon.

But as a person who has actually been exposed to a tutor who
was visibly respectful of people with religious convictions,
though this attitude was quite alien to my convictions at that time,
I can say that the abrasive mocking approach demonstrated here
will win no friends from the folks with religious propensities.

Yes, it does indeed correspond to the convictions of more than one
science teacher as to the proper attitude to the Divine.

    But you are not to preach to the agnostic choir,  if you hope to prevail
with the faithful, in my view.    Rather, doing as you would be
  done by, is usually a smart move.

Brian W


At 05:01 PM 8/23/2005, you wrote:
> Actually this was referenced in a previous post.  The web site below for
> this "alternative" is very nice.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
>
> >
> http://www.venganza.org/
>
> > ... I
> > and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the
> > universe  was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster.  ///


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