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Re: [RC] Blessing? - Joe LongOn Tue, 06 Jul 2004 04:44:46 GMT, Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Please Reply to: Guest guest@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== --I really don't understand this attitude. I found the "Blessing" at the Old Dominion to be a beautiful part of a beautiful ride, a wonderful part of a starting-line ceremony If the "blessing" had been say, a Wiccan blessing, would it have also been welcomed? I bet not. Bright Blessings. I would have welcomed it every bit as much (that would be pretty neat, actually). As I would had it been a Muslim cleric giving an Islam blessing, or a Bhuddist or Hindu or Shinto. The particulars don't matter, it is just a nice ceremonial calling on a "higher power" to bless the event. There is no attempt here to prosyletize. Anyone who doesn't believe in that "higher power," or any "higher power," is unaffected, they can just meditate on their own thoughts or whatever pleases them during that minute or two, and not try to deny the rest of us the experience. Freedom -- especially religious freedom -- is a two-way street. If you wish to not have others force their beliefs on you, then you should not force your beliefs on them, nor deny them free expression of their beliefs. Live and let live. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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