Re: [Phys-l] The attack on science is political, not philosophical

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Hej!

Let's bring it up to the present -- there is at least one group that 
uses theocracy to justify enforced motherhood, often, much to the 
detriment of the mothers and their children.

bc wonders if capitalism may be considered a religion.

Jack Uretsky wrote:

> 	This posting has some remarkable omissions.
> 	The "night of the long knives" in France, the Thirty year's war 
> (or "death to Catholics" in Denmark), burning of heretics by the 
> inquisition, Christian persecution of jews in medieval England, slaying of 
> the priests of Baal in the book of Kings, child sacrifice by the 
> Mayans (it turns out it was young boys, rather than young maidens), the 
> crusades,.., the list could be extended almost indefinitely.
> 		Regards.
> 			Jack
>
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Bill Nettles wrote:
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> > I think that the "blowing up" people (or killing or enslaving enmass) usually comes when people abandon the religious principle and move toward power, control, and enrichment of the few at the expense of the many, and opposition is deemed intolerable.  Then the fallacy of hasty generalization creeps in, lumping all associated with a particular religious (or even political or 
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