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From: padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan)
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Subject: Re: Deprogramming
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Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 10:49:32 EDT
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> >>    Having been a close friend of hers and having attended the church,
> >> I am deeply troubled that her parents might have made a terrible
> >> mistake and that, because she is making accusations against the church,
> >> some people, who otherwise might have decided to study the Bible in
> >> the church, may decide agianst the idea; she may be doing things aginst
> >> God's will.
> >
> > It's funny that you say this, since I would claim that indoctrinating
> > young children in one's religion before they are old enough to
> > decide fairly for themselves is a serious violation of their rights.
> > 
> > Padraig Houlahan.
> 
> Perhaps we should hand them over to you to be indoctrinated with
> your beliefs?
>
> Or do you have no beliefs?

Go and read the articles that followed the above. I have outlined my
perspective there.

> Or (more likely), do you have beliefs which are so transparent to you
> that it appears to you that you are neutral?
>                                                                     |
> Paul DuBois     {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois        --+--

If you had read the follow-up articles you would know that I am not
neutral, and never claimed to be.

The whole point of my reply, that you quoted above, was to
highlight the fact that on this issue there is a radically different
way of looking at it, as is true with most other topics that
concern the interaction between religious thought and society.

Padraig Houlahan.