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SecularFuture · 02-04-2003, 03:52 PM

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"May God bless you all."

GRRR!!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in539097.shtml
The best speech I've heard yet about the Columbia tragedy.

GaryP · 02-04-2003, 06:22 PM

Thanks for the link. Andy Rooney usually hits the nail on the head. And he mentioned Atheists!!

Colander of Truth · 02-04-2003, 08:24 PM

I've followed this thread for a bit. It seems the outrage is the same presumptious Christianing that you get with questions like: "What is your Communion name?" and "What church do you attend?"

I'd love to say with a straight face "Why, my communion name is 'Darwin,' after Saint Darwin of the Beagles, and I attend the Church of the Subgenius."

Bob

Jack · 02-04-2003, 09:37 PM

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Originally posted by GaryP
Maybe there's a different heaven where the non-Christians go.

Was the woman from India a christian?

The "woman from India" was a naturalized US citizen. As far as I am concerned that makes her a "woman from the USA".

Jack

SecularFuture · 02-04-2003, 09:55 PM

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Originally posted by Subi dura a rudibus
I've followed this thread for a bit. It seems the outrage is the same presumptious Christianing that you get with questions like: "What is your Communion name?" and "What church do you attend?"

I'd love to say with a straight face "Why, my communion name is 'Darwin,' after Saint Darwin of the Beagles, and I attend the Church of the Subgenius."

Bob

PRAISE BOB!!

lpetrich · 02-04-2003, 11:50 PM

Kalpana Chawla was, at least according to this article, a Hindu and a "fourth-generation" vegetarian; she chose vegetarian food for herself on her Shuttle missions.

And the Seedling did not even bother to wish her a happy reincarnation.

But I wonder how he would have related to the beliefs of a secular Jew (Ilan Ramon) or a Unitarian (Laurel Clark). If he is capable of doing so at all.

lpetrich · 02-05-2003, 12:58 AM

According to this article, Laurel Clark had attended a Unitarian church in her teens, and its minister had presided over her wedding. So she may qualify as a non-practicing Unitarian.

Also, according to this biography of Ilan Ramon, he was a secular Jew, but he had taken along Kosher food, and he had consulted with some Rabbis about how to observe the Jewish Sabbath in outer space.

Which makes me wonder -- is every "seventh day" every seventh period of wakefulness or every seventh orbit?

GaryP · 02-05-2003, 03:28 AM

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Originally posted by Jack
The "woman from India" was a naturalized US citizen. As far as I am concerned that makes her a "woman from the USA".

Jack

I wrote that before I had read about her becoming a US citizen.

Apparently, she was still a Hindu.

And, semantics aside, she was born in India.

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02-04-2003, 06:22 PM	#62
GaryP Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lancaster, OH Posts: 1,792	Thanks for the link. Andy Rooney usually hits the nail on the head. And he mentioned Atheists!!

02-04-2003, 08:24 PM	#63
Colander of Truth Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sri Dunka .... Donut: Cruller w/Jimmies Posts: 2,710	I've followed this thread for a bit. It seems the outrage is the same presumptious Christianing that you get with questions like: "What is your Communion name?" and "What church do you attend?" I'd love to say with a straight face "Why, my communion name is 'Darwin,' after Saint Darwin of the Beagles, and I attend the Church of the Subgenius." Bob

02-04-2003, 11:50 PM	#66
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	Kalpana Chawla was, at least according to this article, a Hindu and a "fourth-generation" vegetarian; she chose vegetarian food for herself on her Shuttle missions. And the Seedling did not even bother to wish her a happy reincarnation. But I wonder how he would have related to the beliefs of a secular Jew (Ilan Ramon) or a Unitarian (Laurel Clark). If he is capable of doing so at all.

02-05-2003, 12:58 AM	#67
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	According to this article, Laurel Clark had attended a Unitarian church in her teens, and its minister had presided over her wedding. So she may qualify as a non-practicing Unitarian. Also, according to this biography of Ilan Ramon, he was a secular Jew, but he had taken along Kosher food, and he had consulted with some Rabbis about how to observe the Jewish Sabbath in outer space. Which makes me wonder -- is every "seventh day" every seventh period of wakefulness or every seventh orbit?

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