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<DIV>On Nov 7, 2007 2:14 PM, John K Clark <<A href="mailto:jonkc@att.net" target=_blank>jonkc@att.net</A>> wrote:<BR>
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<P>elements, but even so it should be interesting. Pullman is an militant<BR>atheist and is quoted as saying "my books are about killing God"; and<BR>remember, this is supposed to be a children's writer! How he managed <BR>to get away with this I don't know but Mr. Pullman sir I salute you.<A href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat" target=_blank></A><BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Since most people commited to a religion believe in god. I would argue that to speak of killing the figurehead of any belief system is to destined to incite the same hatred and intolerance in it's followers that religions have demonstrated throughout the centuries when pressed into ideological corners.</DIV>
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<DIV>Even though I am agnostic, nothing is more distasteful to me as when I see the members of one belief system antagonizing or trolling for members of another belief system.</DIV>
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<DIV>Since it is unlikely that in the future we will all hold the same belief systems, respect</DIV>
<DIV>and coexistence of other belief systems should be the first commandment. </DIV>
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<DIV>I also feel that encouraging such topics on the mailing list will create a strong linkage between atheism and transhumanism and can only serve to limit our ranks and potential sources of funding.</DIV></body></html>