<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:18 AM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>…</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan TheBookMan<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Religious Idiocy Triumphs Over Science Yet Again<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><span class=""><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Will Steinberg <<a href="mailto:steinberg.will@gmail.com" target="_blank">steinberg.will@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p style="margin-left:11.55pt">John, it's imbecilic for you to call the beliefs of the native Hawaiians imbecilic. And just rude. <span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p></blockquote></div></span><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d">>…</span>I wouldn't call them imbecilic <span style="color:#1f497d">…</span> My guess is it's<span style="color:#1f497d"> </span>nationalism<span style="color:#1f497d">…</span>Dan<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">A pattern emerges. The society which makes the most progress is that society most willing to re-examine every tradition, review every principle, question every ethical precept and every venerated saint, everything its own ancestors did every generation, and always be willing to hurl it all into the bit bucket if something better comes along.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We see plenty of societies which have rejected science for their cultural traditions. We see societies which want to murder those who reject their culture and religion. I want to be on the side which embraces science, growth and change.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">spike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">There is a big difference between what we are doing here and what we can do publicaly. Right? While it may be intellectually defensible to criticize religions and cultures and ladies' hairdos, it can get downright dangerous to do so in their faces. We all might be on somebody's hit list if we go public with our opinions. bill w</div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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