Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sbcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sbcs!debray From: debray@sbcs.UUCP (Saumya Debray) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: thoughts on religion Message-ID: <652@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Jun-84 12:31:12 EDT Article-I.D.: sbcs.652 Posted: Sat Jun 2 12:31:12 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 08:16:07 EDT References: <1968@nlm-mcs.ARPA>, <726@pucc-h> Organization: SUNY at Stony Brook Lines: 22 Jeff, I think the reason a number of people objected to your "plugging religion" is that they (and I tend to classify myself in this group) think net.singles to be an inappropriate forum for this. That's what net.religion is for. Certainly religion helps some people in their interpersonal interactions, but a great many (again, I include myself) manage to stumble along fine without it: to them, the suggestion that religion is some sort of panacea is irritating at best, offensive at worst. I personally think that the most important factors affecting one's interpersonal interactions are one's attitudes towards oneself and towards others -- and religion is neither necessary nor sufficient to give one the "proper" attitudes. -- Saumya Debray, SUNY at Stony Brook uucp: {cbosgd, decvax, ihnp4, mcvax, cmcl2}!philabs \ {amd70, akgua, decwrl, utzoo}!allegra > !sbcs!debray {teklabs, hp-pcd, metheus}!ogcvax / CSNet: debray@suny-sbcs@CSNet-Relay