Posted by Cass on June 30, 2000, at 18:23:17
In reply to AllTheWorldIsCrazyExceptMeAndThee and you're here!, posted by Johnturner77 on June 30, 2000, at 11:46:57
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> If the whole thing comes unglued(its amazing in >a way that it hasn't) our perspective on people >like Ted Kaczynski and Tim LaVey may change. We may see them as heroes, having clearer insight into the social emergency we live in. We may say we should have listened.
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Really well put. That is always the nagging question in the back of my mind. As Claire pointed out, Jesus was a social rebel. Iconoclasts who threaten power structures are quickly destroyed. And then once they are out of the way, we can safely "worship false idols" of them.
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