Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site burdvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cadre!psuvax1!burdvax!bnapl From: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion Subject: Re: "Christian" Nations Message-ID: <2130@burdvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 12:44:39 EDT Article-I.D.: burdvax.2130 Posted: Fri Sep 20 12:44:39 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 12:05:37 EDT References: <1618@umcp-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) Organization: Burroughs Corp. - SDG/Devon Lines: 32 Xref: linus net.politics:10458 net.religion:7339 In article tim@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes: >Wingate: >> I'll be the first to concede that the >> English government has in the past been tyrannous about religion. Burt it >> is hardly so now. It is the lust for power and domination which drives >> oppression, not the stated excuse. > >You'd think differently if you were a Scientologist. They are routinely >denied visas and their books cannot be distributed. ... That doesn't mean that GB, or any other country, must grant them a visa, especially if these persons are under investigation in another Western country for criminal wrongdoings. How does GB go about restricting the distribution of Scientologist meterial? >Don't get me wrong; I >despise Scientologists; there's a lot of bad blood between them and >Thelemites, due to L. Ron stealing large amounts of money and property from >Jack Parsons. But they still have a right to follow their moronic religion >without impediment. As do Thelemites! >-=- >Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University, Networking >ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: seismo!cmu-cs-k!tim >CompuServe: 74176,1360 audio: shout "Hey, Tim!" -- Tom Albrecht Burroughs Corp. ...{presby|psuvax1|sdcrdcf}!burdvax!bnapl Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com