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Greetings:<br><br>
I forgot to mention two points in my most recent posts. First, Phil
is not correct to say that Gandhi's methods work only in Western
democracies. The best example is the non-violent campaign that the
Khomeni ran from Paris that led to the overthrown of the Shah of
Iran. People in Baltic States, Yugoslavia, Georgia, India, and the
Philippines removed oppressive governments without violence and without
the basis of a mature democracy or no democratic structures at
all.<br><br>
Second, I just wanted to add quotation marks around "dark
souls" of Hindus in my post on uncertified pastors to indicate that
it was the phrase the Southern Baptists used, not just my own
words.<br><br>
Nick Gier<br>
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<font size=2>"The god you worship is the god you
deserve."<br>
~~ Joseph Campbell<br><br>
"Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings
who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it."<br>
--Mohandas Gandhi<br><br>
"Modern physics has taught us that the nature of any system cannot
be discovered by dividing it into its component parts and studying each
part by itself. . . .We must keep our attention fixed on the whole and on
the interconnection between the parts. The same is true of our
intellectual life. It is impossible to make a clear cut between science,
religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the sum of its
various parts." --Ma</font><font size=1>x Planck<br><br>
</font>Nicholas F. Gier<br>
Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, University of Idaho<br>
1037 Colt Rd., Moscow, ID 83843<br>
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President, Idaho Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO<br>
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