I found this quote in an anti-ESCR piece, but after reading "Kingdom Coming" and "The Baptizing of America" I concur with authors Michele Goldberg and Rabbi James Rudin respectively, that the Christocrats are winning and you can give up all hope for a cure for Parkinson's and other diseases. One of my non-suffering relatives just gave me a lecture on the medieval idea that suffering brings you closer to God. There is a war on science and we are its casualties. Ray In a piece entitled "Bush's God" published in the American Prospect (which he has since revised for its website), former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich originally wrote: "The conflict of the 21st century will not be between the West and terrorism ... The true battle will be between modern civilization and anti-modernists; between those who believe in the primacy of the individual and those who believe that human beings owe their allegiance and identity to a higher authority; between those who give priority to life in this world and those who believe that human life is mere preparation for an existence beyond life; between those who believe in science, reason, and logic and those who believe that truth is revealed through Scripture and religious dogma. Terrorism will disrupt and destroy lives. But terrorism itself is not the greatest danger we face." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn