Subj : Re: "Hams to the Rescue After Katrina" MSNBC News Article To : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.dx,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.policy From : Fred W4JLE Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 13:08:56 From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf You say that like it's a bad thing... How can you deny the fact that God has sent two hurricanes to wipe out the Sodom of the South? New Orleans was filled with perversion, pimps, homosexuals, Jezebels, and all manner of sins. "Zoran Brlecic" <...WA7AA...@get.lost> wrote in message news:Bd-dnfOQuoLh667eRVn-jg@comcast.com... > ??? You have got to be kidding? What has religion possibly done for > anyone except provided false hope while stealing their money? > > Stifling science (from Galileo to stem cells), witch burning, condoning > slavery, religious genocide on unprecedented scale, eradicating whole > civilizations, oppressing women, condoning fascism and > national-socialism, suppressing human rights for minorities, huge waste > of resources that could be better spent elsewhere, contributing to > millions of dead from AIDS by banning contraceptives, flaming national > and religious intolerance from Ireland to Palestine, and I could go on > forever... > > As for your "blight" comment, a majority of scientists are atheists, for > example. The percentage increases with education. That's education *not* > Kansas style. > > 73 ... WA7AA .