X-Message-Number: 17745 Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 06:23:51 -0700 From: Kennita Watson <> Subject: Re: SCIENCE V/S RELIGION Thank you so much, Ruthanna! Your post is much like the one I would have written if I had felt I had the time to spare. Yours was much more compelling than mine woud have been, because you have much more recent firsthand experience of religious practices than I do. More informative, too! Ruthanna R Gordon <> wrote: > The only belief I am against here is the fanatic > certainty that one's own way of thinking is the right way, and all the > ills of the world can be blamed on someone thinking differently I have heard this referred to as "otrowism" -- fanatical dedication to the One True Right and Only Way. Maybe we non- combatants could aid in the War on Terrorism by expanding it into a War on Otrowism. Talk about changing the world! -- May you live long and prosper, Kennita -- Kennita Watson | Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; | None but ourselves can free our minds. http://www.kennita.com | -- Bob Marley, "Redemption Song" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17745