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From: kurtzman@uscvax.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion
Subject: Re: Schools and Churches
Message-ID: <45@uscvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 20:22:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  4 20:22:18 1985
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In article <768@psivax.UUCP> friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:
>In article <191@gargoyle.UUCP> carnes@gargoyle.UUCP (Richard Carnes) writes:
>>Frankly, I'm rather glad I'm going to Hell.  I'd rather suffer the
>>discomforts and have the company of those who believe in the free
>>inquiry of science, than enjoy the air-conditioned comfort of Heaven
>>and be surrounded by Fundamentalists who regard thinking for oneself
>>as a sin and to whom the highest virtue is obedience to Authority.
>>
>	Unfortunately you are going to be missing a number of
>interesting scientists, some of us are going to be in Heaven! I
>believe even Galileo was actually a Christian!
>-- 
>				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

But Galileo did have his problems with the religous establishment. Besides,
back then everyone was Catholic whether they wanted to be or not. When
you are in heaven, in the glorious splendor of God's magnificence, you will
be too busy adoring the thing to bother yourself with free inquiry. Thus,
you probably will not be interesting company anyway.