> Doug, I don't want to pick on you, but your certificate strikes me as
> indirect bullying.
>
> I'm as atheistic as they come, but I know a number of people who (for
> reasons that I don't understand) take religion quite seriously. They are
> intelligent, pleasant people, not the sort to rub their beliefs in anyone's
> face. Most are politically left of center. One has a bumper sticker that
> reads "A proud member of the religious left".
>
> Why pick on them? I'm sure you don't intend to. I'm sure you are making fun
> of the Rick Santorums of the world. It's just that by casting as wide a net
> as the Flying Spaghetti Monster does, it also makes fun of everyone with
> religious feelings.
>
> The answer someone like Sam Harris would give is that what they say is
> either false or without any shred of objective support. But the people I'm
> thinking of don't go around proclaiming their beliefs as The Truth. They go
> about their business simply wanting to experience the world through a
> different lens. The fact that I don't understand it -- and I don't; I'm
> completely mystified by their way of thinking about certain things --
> doesn't give me the right to ridicule it.
>
> Sorry for the rant.
>
> -- Russ
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Douglas Roberts <
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> wrote:
>>
>> Don't want my FRIAM friends and acquaintances to be the last to know:
>>
>> If you feel like getting married, I can now conduct the ceremony.
>>
>> "With this rigatoni, I thee wed, etc."
>>
>> -Father Doug
>>
>> --
>> Doug Roberts
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