Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!rh From: rh@mit-eddi.UUCP (Randy Haskins) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: net.religion: A Modest Proposal Message-ID: <324@mit-eddi.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Jun-83 16:42:00 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.324 Posted: Sun Jun 26 16:42:00 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jun-83 22:12:09 EDT References: unc.5405 Lines: 18 Part of my religion---which blends Secular Humanism, Unitarianism, and Zen---says that self-confidence is the first commandment. I'm not worried about any twit who takes it upon himself to show me that I'm a twit. I'm not worried about getting attacked because my beliefs seem weird to someone who has no basis for understanding them. I feel that anyone who attacks my religion lacks sufficient confidence in their own (sort of like 'misery loves company' is 'insecurity loves company'), so making mine look silly makes them feel better. What sad people. I would recommend to everyone who is dismayed by people tearing down their religion that reading Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" might make you feel better. Like Mike says, the Martians have just one word that translates to the English words: science, philosophy, religion. (Notice that many of us send the same article to both net.religion and net.philosophy). I suppose that's enough flaming for a non-net.flame group. Randy rh@mit-eddie