[TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil Plase end this string

[Darrell]

Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil Plase end this string.
Hochewa,
If we did that, how would people be able to express their ignorance?
Darrell

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Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil Plase end this
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> To all,
> I left the string early on and figured that there would be a rousing
> discussion of forging either the most common of materials on earth or the
most rare.
> After all we are all made from the refuse of the universe.
> On to the degeneration of the discussion.....
> MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE NAME OF "GOD" THAN FOR ALL OTHER
REASONS
> COMBINED.
> If there is a "god," which is another topic that will clog the Internet
for
> days, the worst thing that man has done is create religions in his name.
The
> second group of people off the boats following the conquistadors were the
> Jesuits.  More than once they have been referred to as the "storm troopers
of the
> Vatican."  Has anyone read "Hawaii" or even watched the movie of the same
name
> and not felt just a little guilty about the decimation of the Hawaiian
culture
> by the "good" Christian missionaries.  How do y'all think that the
missionary
> position got its name?  The rest of North America and the Pacific Islands
did
> not fare any better.  There was a library on Easter Island that predated
the
> birth of Christ and the missionaries burned it because it was heretic
> teachings.  The native of peoples of Americas were deemed to be savages at
best and
> heathens at worst.  ALL basically because they did not believe in the God
of
> WASPS.  The Iroquois system of government was good enough to use as the
pattern
> for the Founding Fathers.  The Puritans came to this shore to find
religious
> freedom.  Of course they did not extend that privilege to others.
> You can live a good life without god but it is damm hard to live one with
> god.
> If I have not offended just about everybody, allow me to apologize.
>
> Hochewa.
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