From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Jan 27 2003 - 13:28:11 MST
Olga Bourlin wrote:
> From: <Dehede011@aol.com>
>
>>In a message dated 1/25/2003 7:54:42 PM Central Standard Time,
>>fauxever@sprynet.com writes: The "Bible Belt" of the USA has been shown to
>
> be
>
>>linked to two phenomena: more religiosity and more bigotry.
>>
>>Olga, you made that statement not a person from America's Bible Belt.
>
>
> Huh? I never denied making that statement. And I'll say it again - there's
> a link between religiosity and intolerance.
>
Sure. There is also a link between intolerance and
atheism,
various political positions,
objectivism,
rationalism,
scientism,
extropianism, (believe it or not)
and about any strongly held position under the sun. In short
intolerance is orthogonal to the particular position held.
- s.
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