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From: kurtzman@uscvax.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion
Subject: Re: "Secular Humanism" banned in the US Schools.
Message-ID: <156@uscvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 19:51:04 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 19:51:04 1985
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Summary: 

In article <2395@cal-dbb.fluke.UUCP> zoro@fluke.UUCP (Mark Hinds) writes:
>In article <28@uscvax.UUCP> kurtzman@usc-cse.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman) writes:
>>
>>I believe that the preacher in question (Gene Scott) is a crackpot. However,
>>he does seem to be a sincere one. Neither you nor the FCC have the right to
>>silence a religious crackpot.
>
>You believe that Gene Scott is a crackpot, but a sincere one,
>so he's OK. Well, I've seen this guy too, and I'm sure he's
>cracked. This being the case, it is likely that he would
>consider all his actions to be reasonable. This could lead
>to fradulent use of his TV "Ministry" to gain funding.
>Based on this, I can see why the FCC acted as it did.
>
>Jim Jones was also a cracked minister. Would it be better
>not to investigate such people?
>
>Mark Hinds
>-- 

The fact is that the FCC demanded to see all church records so that it could
find evidence of wrongdoing. Our constitution protects religious freedom.
Where would our religious freedoms be if every oddball preacher was suspect?

How would you feel if your house and records were invaded because some govt
official thought you were a compunerd. After all, you know how dangerous
those hackers can be. It would be a service to the country to have you
jailed since you are a potential computer criminal!