"JOHNJWILSON -> ROSS SAUER"  wrote in
news:10455$HOLYSMOKE{at}JamNNTPd:

 ->> I expected to hear a lot of anger expressed, but I didn't see any.
 ->> Just sadness. Especially from those they interviewed, who were
 J> little kids
 ->> when the standoff occured.

 J> It is really difficult to get behind someone's eye balls...and see
 J> things exactly as otherz do...


 ->> Only one person, an adult, still worshipped Koresh.

 J> I wonder what she had that she needed.

Koresh is like so many other cult leaders.
They provide a "father figure," (most cult leaders are male,) and are
very often, good public speakers who can whip their followers into near-
orgasm emotionally.

 J> I also wonder if someone came to her and said "He lives!" and He is
 J> coming back!
 J> How deeply would you need for that to be true for it to be believed?

Huh?

 J> *********
 J> How many people think they are sinners, deserving divine punishment --
 J> and think that Atheism solves THAT problem?

Don't quite follow you here either.

 J> *********
 J> Did you know that Spiritists (A group formed in 1850) believes that
 J> Jesus' reference to "many mansions" refers to other civilizations on
 J> other planets? Cool beans for 1850

Not surprising.
The possibility of life on other planets has been postulated ever since
Copernicus.

 J> ***********
 J> Re: Muslims --The Little Mosque on the Prairie" is in its third very
 J> successful season; a charming comedy.
 J> I never met a Muslim I didn't like. I think of Muslim terrorists as I
 J> do Jonestown Christians. Ugly distortions of the teachings of great
 J> men. ***********

True.

 J> ********
 J> Is everyone as bored by this as Tim? (Sniffle, whimper...)

Tim is bigotry personified.

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