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Re: Favorite Star Trek episode
God is the number one cause of death throughout history, afterall.
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January 8th, 2004, 10:18 PM
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God is the number one cause of death throughout history, afterall.
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again, it's ambitious leader's who were probably athiests and intollerance.
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January 9th, 2004, 04:04 AM
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Re: Favorite Star Trek episode
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God is the number one cause of death throughout history, afterall.
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again, it's ambitious leader's who were probably athiests and intollerance.
Many ambitious and great leaders, thinkers, doers, and etc had belonged to a certain religion, and some were even devout.
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January 9th, 2004, 04:23 AM
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Well, ya learn something new every day, I guess. I knew those old muskets were nowhere near as good as what we have today, but I never realized they were quite that bad. So the natives lost to fear and surprise more than they did to superior weaponry.
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January 9th, 2004, 04:23 AM
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Many ambitious and great leaders, thinkers, doers, and etc had belonged to a certain religion, and some were even devout.
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indeed. and not all of them were evil. i might also point out that evil people tend to worship themselves.
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January 9th, 2004, 04:24 AM
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Well, ya learn something new every day, I guess. I knew those old muskets were nowhere near as good as what we have today, but I never realized they were quite that bad. So the natives lost to fear and surprise more than they did to superior weaponry.
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And to the steel currais that the conquistadors wore, which deflected arrows and spears rather well. And then the belief (initially) that they were ancient gods returned. |
January 9th, 2004, 04:25 AM
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indeed. and not all of them were evil. i might also point out that evil people tend to worship themselves.
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Most ambitious leaders throughout history have been rather religious. |
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