Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?

Nathan Russell (frussell@frontiernet.net)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:56:07 -0400


Johnny Rea wrote:

> Yeah...star trek is true. ONE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE...even strange, new races
> they encounter MAGICALLY speak English! Yeah, thats true.
> I coud go on about star trek such as SOUNDs in the vaccume of space, etc but
> whats
> the point.
>

Exactly. What's the point. Like many other people on this list I watch Star
Trek almost every day. It is my favorite TV show, and I like to watch it. I
have many friends who feel the same way, and it is a frequent topic of
conversation. But I don't believe it is true, and I don't believe your religion
is true either.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Roh <sodom@ma.ultranet.com>
> To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 8:37 AM
> Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
>
> >As a trekkie (and proud) I can testify that the fictionof Star Trek is much
> >closer to any reality than the beliefs of religion. The morals are much
> better
> >(in my opinion) also. In Trek, the main function is to explore, learn and
> >improve mankind through betterment of the individual. Fortunatley, Trek is
> >consistent and hardfast in its attempts to stay scientifically accurate,
> and
> >have a huge budget just to be sure they are as close as possible.
> >
> >Sodom
> >
> >loukas // crowther wrote:
> >
> >> At 06:12 PM 6/16/98 -0500, John W. Rea wrote:
> >> >Did you pray about the Star Trek manual? Did you get an answer?
> >> >Is the Star Trek manual true?
> >> >
> >> >Read and pray about the Book of Mormon. You'll get your answer.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> i wonder...
> >>
> >> if i read that manual enough, studying every paragraph and made a daily
> >> regime out it... fanatically watched the episodes (my preachers of the
> holy
> >> word of my star trek technical manual) bought the action figures (idols)
> .
> >> and attended the conventions (mass) .. i would find the answers i crave
> in
> >> life, the harmony between races as the Federation commands, the Prime
> >> Directive, the diplomacy of meeting new people, and the sciences of
> >> discovering new things...
> >>
> >> i dunno, sounds vageuly like a cockamanie scheme that has been done
> before,
> >> i just cant put my finger on it, prolly something to do with that barely
> >> palatable memory of mine.
> >
> >
> >
> >

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Nathan Russell
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