[Osx-nutters] The separation of church and state.

[David Cake]

At 1:19 PM -0500 6/12/07, Patrick Coskren wrote:
>On Dec 6, 2007, at 1:13 PM, David Cake wrote:
>
>>  At 9:54 AM -0700 6/12/07, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>>>  Anyway, I just got a call from one of the first archaeologists to
>>>  actually specify what evidence would tend to confirm or deny certain
>>>  hypotheses before he would let his students turn trowel on a dig
>>>  saying that he  couldn't come to the Archaeological Society's
>>>  Christmas Party because of a conflict with a function at his church.
>>>  So now I have two contemporary examples of scientists that are at
>>>  least somewhat religious.
>>
>>	Though that guarantees nothing about his beliefs - maybe his
>>  church functions are more fun than the Archaeological Society's
>>  Christmas Party. Quite possible if you choose your religion with
>>  sufficient care.
>
>Oh, come on.  Everybody digs the Archaeologists' Christmas Party.

	Do they have sacred temple prostitutes? How about ritual hallucinogens?

	Actually, the local archeology department kind of did have a 
reputation, though mostly for those same sex inclined.... not so much 
since all the scandals, though.