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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Nah, religion, gods, etc. have/had nothing to do with reason and everything 
to do with control, superstitions/fear and explanations of things the 
sheople didn't/couldn't understand.

The holocaust was all about control, superstitions/fear and explanations. 
Not necessarily reasonable or even the truth.  He gave them what they wanted 
to hear.  As does your list of the usual suspects.

Lynda
--"I'm fascinated by the hard line you're drawing over religion -- It gets
used too much, as an excuse, a fall guy, a weapon, a con.  A lot of people,
maybe most, don't mean it except when it suits them."  Dallas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rayzentz AT aim.com>
> I take issue with only one part of your explanation, James. Reason alone, 
> is not sufficient to elevate to "Godhood". That reason must be tempered by 
> morals, or, if you will, ethics.
> Reason, after all, led to the holocaust. Hitler reasoned everything he 
> did, as does Osama, Obama, and even Achmadinijad (spelling butchery, I 
> know). Reason untempered can be extremely dangerous, and if you want to 
> apply god status to it, well, some people worship evil, too.
>
> Sophistry is also reason, taken to extremes.