Tim wrote:
If Pat Robertson called for the death by stoning of UFO believers, it was almost certainly rhetorical hyperbole, like Rush Limbaugh's suggestions of what ought to be done to lesbians.
Oh piffle. Pat believes in a Heaven filled with God, angels, demons, and various other nonsensical beings, and an earth where we have all been sent to be punished after the Fall. Pat is threatened by a Universe with stars and galaxies in place of Heavenly Hosts, and responds by suggesting the killing of Heretics. This is a lot different than Rush or Howard Stern doing a few jokes about Lesbians. Pat is afraid of Government Approved Crypto because he thinks it is the Mark of the Beast, which will be stamped on his forehead to prevent him from buying or selling without the approval of the anti-Christ, who will rule earth after Pat and his friends have risen into the air with the rest of the true believers. Pat's reasons for coicidentally supporting a few of our agenda items are so far removed from our reasons for supporting them, that any suggestion he is our friend borders on the absurd. -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ enoch@zipcon.com $ via Finger $ {Free Cypherpunk Political Prisoner Jim Bell}