-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Russell <frussell@frontiernet.net>
To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
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>Johnny Rea wrote:
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>> -----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?
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>> >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:
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>> >> 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
>frussell@frontiernet.net
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>"I am confident that the Republicans will pick a nominee that will beat
Bill
>Clinton"
>-Dan Quayle on the 2000 presidential election
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