At 11:16 03/01/2007, you wrote:
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>"God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructe=
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>me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the
>problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the
>elections will come and I will have to focus on them."
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>I am not heartened.
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>http://adultthought.ucsd.edu/Culture_War/The_American_Taliban.html
Neither am I.
The quote might be accurate, but so often people believe what they
want to without applying their normal critical faculties. What is
the reference for this - none is given by "adultthought"?
"I don't think that witchcraft is a religion. I wish the military
would rethink this decision."* is the ONLY statement referenced,
apparently said on national TV. Probably 95% of people don't believe
witchcraft is a religion. They may be wrong, who can say since
religion is so ill defined - but on the whole I don't think the
military should have to employ military witches as the equivalent of
military chaplains, padres, rabbis or clerics of other faiths.
Julian
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