Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site gloria.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!gloria!colonel From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: it was good enough for grandpa Message-ID: <979@gloria.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 11:38:19 EST Article-I.D.: gloria.979 Posted: Sun Mar 3 11:38:19 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 04:08:26 EST References: <715@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: SUNY-Buffalo Computer Sci. Lines: 25 ["In the service of Virman Vundabar we learn perfection!"] > I would like to make the observation that "Conservative" views on almost > any subject, and religion in particular, are very unpopular these days. The > old beliefs and values that served well for millenia have in general been > thrown to the winds because "they don't fit in today's modern world." "We > don't need to follow Scripture on that subject. That only applied back then." > People tend to follow the crowd, and pick up the currently popular fads. > "Try it, you'll like it." > I submit that most of the problems in today's modern world are caused > by the discarding of the old traditions, beliefs, and liturgies by the world's > major religions. I believe that a general return to the Old Ways would > bring a substantial improvement to the quality of life for the world. I > personnally have found that my understanding of the world around me, and > my sense of purpose in life, has improved greatly since I discovered a > Conservative belief about religion. Just don't mix it with conservative politics! Cain tried that ("Am I my brother's keeper?"), and you know what happened to him. More to the point, Biblical days seem to have been pretty horrible. I'll stick with the preposterous 20th century, thanks. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...decvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel