RE: TFP update article, E Magazine

["Thompson, Donald L." <DLT@CDRH.FDA.GOV>]

Title: Message

The basis for the Supreme Court finding is located in the First Amendment. "Congress shall make no law respecting establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;.........."  

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack_Earley@RL.GOV [mailto:Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:35 AM
To: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM; jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET; slavak@gj.net; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: RE: TFP update article, E Magazine

Forgive my nit-picking, but the Constitution says nothing about separation of church and state. The Supreme Court did.

Jack Earley
Radiological Engineer

-----Original Message-----
From: RuthWeiner@aol.com [mailto:RuthWeiner@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 8:57 PM
To: jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET; slavak@gj.net; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: TFP update article, E Magazine

In a message dated 9/16/02 8:08:25 PM Mountain Daylight Time, jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET writes:

   People with a science/technology background  don't seem to get it!
Like other religions, anti-nuclear-ism is based on faith. If their
"prophets" say there is a 75% increase in cancer rate near nuclear plants,
who are we to question it?  In our culture, most of us have learned to at
least tolerate  religions other than our own. Why not extend this attitude
to Norm and others of his faith? Forget about mathematics, statistics, and
scientific logic. Such tools are irrelevant to the true believer.  In their
world, facts are whatever you sincerely believe them to be.

So that according to the constitutional separation of church and state, NRC and EPA and DOE can ignore the anti-nukes?  What a novel idea!

Ruth
Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
ruthweiner@aol.com