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On 8/13/12 11:08 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:36:37 -0400, X ` Man
wrote:

You are free to "infer" whatever you want, but that doesn't mean your
"inferences" are any more accurate than any of your other assumptions or
conclusions

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I've come around to the point of view that your so called compassion
for the common man is limited to those who might vote for a Democratic
election ticket. Those drought stricken mid-western farmers are as
conservative as you can get, and you poke fun at their religious
beliefs.

Your points of view are no more accurate than any of your other
assumptions or conclusions. My "fun-poking" at organized religion knows
no geographical borders.

I got my first college degree out there among Mid Western farmers and
had and have a good number of friends from those days who were and are
religious. One of my college roomies was a devout young man who became
an Episcopal priest. The irony is that while he believed in a creator,
he didn't really give much credence to religion. After he graduated from
seminary, he decided the best way to serve his maker was to counsel and
sooth the incarcerated. Another college roomie was as Southern Baptist
as they came in those days, and we're best friends to this day.

I'm an agnostic, not an atheist. I have no way of knowing if there is a
creator, though the logical part of my mind tells me there isn't one. I
don't connect a creator with the religions man has created to service
his beliefs and superstitions.

As far as the drought goes, I don't think a creator has anything to do
with it, one way or other other, nor do I believe rain will follow the
prayers of any religious sect. But many of "the religious" do.

"Self praise sucks" Harry Krause 2012