Re: Colloidal silver generator?

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> Mark Jones wrote:
>
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>>-- "Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day; give a man a bible, and he'll
>>kill his neighbor and steal his fish..." MCJ 200309
>
>
>
> Gee, Mark, I've had Bibles most of my 50+ years. How far behind am I
> on my quota since I've never killed anyone, no matter how much they
> needed it?
>


Two words: Holy War. It's still going on to this day; ask the Al-Quida for
instance. What better way to wage war than with God on your side? That really
gets your blood pumping and "spirits lifted," ready to die for "your cause."
Today it still endures; we hear it more along the lines of "God, please bless
our troops and bring them home safely."

In the ages past, the Church was an omnipotent power, even surpassing Kings in
most cases. So religion was used as a tool in the medieval era to A) manipulate
people and B) wage war. If the church dictated that you and your family were to
die invading some country, then that is exactly what happened, and you did so
because GOD demanded it.

It is that astonishing naivety which I was trying to conceptualize in my
tagline. Perhaps there is room for clarification.
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